Tanya’s dad got a guy I would later recognize sitting behind Oliver North at the Iran-Contra hearings. He told the judge with a straight face that his client was seeking half my yearly salary as a shipping clerk at Williams-Sonoma, which at $2.50 an hour over twelve months came to $2,600. Tanya was not present, so the judge looked at Iran-Contra, then at me sitting at the table with Yellow Pages, and took his time to collect his thoughts. “You know,” he began, “I’ve sat on this bench for thirty years, and in all that time, I have never had more ridiculous people in my courtroom. You will not
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