by snarly | May 16, 2013 | Artistic apologies
Here’s a 1956 letter from the Museum of Modern Art to Andy Warhol, saying “thanks but no thanks” to his donation of a drawing. “I regret that I must report to you that the Committee decided” not to accept the drawing is a perfectly...
by sumac | May 16, 2013 | Political Apologies
Earlier this month, an official visit to Washington, D.C. by South Korean president Park Geun-hye was going rather well. Which was gratifying, in light of recent criticisms of Park’s administration, such as the charge that she’d appointed people with...
by snarly | May 14, 2013 | Artistic apologies, Funny-on-Purpose Apologies, Non-Human Apologies
Friend of SorryWatch Joe Hobaica, our curator of cake content, received this dandy surprise birthday treat from his lovely wife Mattie. It was not chocolate. Mr. Hobaica acknowledges that in all probability Scout was not...
by sumac | May 10, 2013 | Celebrity Apologies
Helen Mirren was playing England’s reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, in âThe Audience’, at the Gielgud Theatre. Outside someone started drumming drumming drumming nonstop drumming deafening drumming. Mirren focused, raised her voice, projected, as did...
by sumac | May 9, 2013 | True Crime Apologies
A Sydney Morning Herald story excellently begins: As the P&O cruise ship Aurora neared Circular Quay in [February 2012], a British national sent a message to a mysterious Sydney man named David Smith, saying, âAbout one hour.â More than an hour later on the...