Free Association

Scooby Doo

Shaggydog

Summer

(Shaggydog and Summer being the names of two direwolves in the George RR Martin series A Song of Ice and Fire.)

Princess Summerfallwinterspring

Vivaldi

Prokofiev

Prozac

Zac Efron

Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.

Violin

Orson Bean

Gettysburg Address

Civil War

Civil Air Patrol

Air Force

Forced air

vacuum cleaner

fuck-you cleaner

(Long story. Involves college. But it’s the first thing I thought of.)

:: sits raptly at Siam Sam’s feet ::

(Time out for explanation: One late night many years ago I was manning the front desk at the Hale Manoa residence hall of the East West Center on the University of Hawaii campus. The East West Center is a federal research facility that hosts scholars of all ages both short and long term, from all over the world but mainly from the Asia-Pacific. A resident who hailed from South Asia – the exact country escapes me – came down and said to me: “I want a fuck you cleaner.” "What!?! " Again: “I want a fuck you cleaner.” Turns out he wanted to check out the small vacuum cleaner we kept behind the desk for residents’ use.)