An Excerpt from ELEPHANTS IN MY ROOM, chapter "Spag Fac"

​I attempted to apply free association techniques like “Guy with bloodshot eyes wants Diet Coke-aine refills” or “woman with chunky earrings wants chunky minestrone.” These memorization techniques were always botched in some spectacular way. I’d put down a Coke for a different roughed up guy and say, “here’s your cocaine, sir!”