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Twisted Titles
Sandra Day O'Gonner
There is no more justice.
Stan Schiffman ’61
Pilates of the Caribbean
How buccaneers stay fit and limber.
Paul Clarke ’75
Linux and Lucy
Double major: computer science
and paleontology.
Dan Lee ‘80
Kingdom of Leaven
It’s crowded at the kosher bakery the day after Passover ends.
Mac Brachman ’76
Newsweak
Journalism in the United States hits a new low.Laurie De Field Moore ’89
| Typothalamus
The part of the brain responsible for keyboard errors.
Andrew Dosa ’80
French boast
Croissants are better than cereal.
Michael Barclay ’73
and Sue Kayton
Crown vs. Board of Education
Queen sues school board.
Geraldine Soderberg ‘62
The Lion Kink
Leo’s pain in the neck.Betty Taylor Ferguson ’42
Ride of Spring
Igor Stravinsky on a Pogo stick.
David Hammer ‘66 |
In our May/June issue, we laid down an intellectual gauntlet. Pick prominent California names or places, scramble the letters, and reassemble the letters into a heretofore hidden meaning. We challenged you to come up with California anagrams. Apparently, we tapped into a mass of pent-up nerdists. Over the summer, response to our challenge flowed steadily into Alumni House. Here now is the fall harvest of Cal-clever anagrams—some even accompanied by snappy parentheticals we requested, proving that no matter the challenge, our alumni can match the Berkeley standard of excellence.
Word Nerds’ Challenge
Free Speech Movement
Vehemence of tempers.
John Bear ’59, M.J. ’60
Antonio Villaraigosa
I too a rising Nova la L.A.
Carroll Webber Jr. M.A. ’48
Robert Birgeneau
Enter our big Bear.
Tom Bates
Mob State:
The power of protest and crowds.
Justin Jelincic ’80
Memorial Stadium
A dismal mime tour:
Who booked the football stadium!
O mud materialism:
In the days of natural turf,
that is.
David Hammer ’66
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Ed., let’s twist it.
David Pauleen ’81
Clint Eastwood
Old West Action
Jack Graves ’61, Ed.D. ’68
Market Street
Star Trek meet:
Where all the characters can be found.
Sharon Gibson Cheney ’67
Graduation
A daring out.Jason Kung ’98
Santa Monica
O, tan maniacs!
The quest for the perfect suntan starts here.
Alan Meyer ’49
Seaborg (Glenn)
Go Bears!
Richard Tjoa ’93 |
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The Rules
TWISTED TITLES
Change only one letter of a book, play, movie, saying, or whatever, and add a snappy underline.
WORD NERD’S CHALLENGE Pick a prominent California name or place, scramble the letters (leaving none out and adding none), reas-semble the letters into a heretofore hidden meaning (added punctuation is per-missible), and include the parenthetical just as
you do in Twisted Titles.
GAMES SUBMISSIONS
Please e-mail your
submissions with “Word Nerd” or “Twisted Title” in the subject line. You also can mail a hard copy to Games, California Monthly, CAA, Alumni House, Berkeley, CA 94720
or fax to 510/642-6252.
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