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Carbie dolls
Reubenesque proportions.
Jeanette Schemel '41

Sex in the Cite
The footnote everyone will read.
Barry Goode

Censory overload
What happened to free speech?
K. Hazeltine '52

In case of fire, evaluate
But be quick about it.
Doug Raymond '67

Yo Yo Pa
The cellist's father.
Larry Shorne '50

Wurst case scenario
Someone steals my baloney sandwich.
Joe Traynor '57

Dumb and Lumber
President Bush's conservation plan.
Bill Wallace '73

Simper Fi
The many, the ashamed, the non-Marines.
Andrew Dosa

Chanting of the guard
The monks of Buckingham Palace.
David Hammer '66

King of shades
Ray Charles.
Judith Schemel Suelzle

Bioweedback
So much for Roundup.
Tom Keefe '57

Mellow Dog Democrat
Clinton inhales.
Kristina Roper Graber '82

Yolo contendere
UC Davis lawyer.
Jackson Brewer '52

One Sine Day
Trigonometry final.
Arthur Tognazzini '55

Eine Kleine Nichtmusik
Mozart's children prefer rap.
Doug Raymond '67

Fedoral Bureau of Investigation
Looks into hat crimes.
K. Hazeltine '52

Soup d'etat
Consomme and bullion had a beef, so they overthrew the Prime Minestrone.
Tom McClellan

Hostile makeover
The Apprentice meets Queer Eye.
Doug Raymond '67

Ikealist
One who thinks all interiors should conform to Swedish standards.
Tom McClellan

The Gall Street Journal
Special Enron edition.
E. W. Jackson II '70

Sign of the mimes
...
David Pauleen '81

Casablanda
Old quarterback's home.
Dennis Kavanagh '59, Boalt '62

A Farewell to Arts
School Board trims budget.
Ted Terrill '51

Castroti
Cuban male sopranos.
David Hammer '66

Chipwrecked
Investor loses big in the dot-com bust.
Bill Wallace '73

Something's Gotta Live
Infertility clinic slogan.
Heather Scott '98

President Hush
Cheney's talking.
Cathy Leonard '74

Bimolar disorder
Two rotten teeth.
Tom Keefe '57

Adam's Bib
Man's first cover-up.
Gene Smith '34

Nemoglobin
A fish named Wanderer.
Mike Wagner '64

Whole Lot of Snakin' Going On
Jerry Lee Lewis calls Roto-Rooter.
Doug Raymond '67

Got silk?
Upscale ad slogan.
Jackson Brewer '52

The Mummy's Band
The Rolling Stones.
Bill Wallace '73

Witless Protection Program
Welcomes all Twisted Titlers.
David Hammer '66





Nice guys finish fast

Eternal female complaint

As the academic year comes to a close, we have some distress on our hands, primarily from the early '60s. Susan Bright Winn '62 begins her letter, "Please, it's embarrassing," and it turns out she's talking about this very page. She continues: "Do you think the Stanford alumni magazine would grow to depend on such a one-trick pony?" We're not sure about Stanford; Twisted Titles might be a tad messy for those squeaky-clean (but prison torture-teaching) folks. And then Ron Bird '63 takes us to task for our apparently unamusing suggestion that checks accompany submissions. "No money (or dung) is enclosed," says he. Whatever your class or class year, send your embarrassing titles (of a movie, book, play, whatever), with or without dung, changing one and one letter only and adding a snappy underline, to California Monthly, Alumni House, Berkeley 94729. The title Title comes from Old Faithful Joe Traynor '57.


Articles

Cover Page
A dance at Belsen
Debating myself
Fat bites back
QA: A conversation with Hubert Dreyfus
Fab '04

Departments

Alumni Almanac
A Personal Essay
Calendar
CalZone
In Memoriam
Keeping in Touch
Letters
Recalling Cal
Talk of the Gown
Twisted Titles


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