by sumac | Jun 11, 2013 | Apology Essentials, The Mechanics of Apology
(This is basic. To keep it brief, I’m omitting countless variations and dodges. And the part about maybe making it up to them.) APOLOGIZE – Say “I’m sorry” or “I apologize.” Take responsibility. Talk about what you did, not just “what happened.” Avoid...
by sumac | Jun 7, 2013 | True Crime Apologies
So the mayor is mooching around the third floor of the parking garage – maybe he just parked, maybe he was getting into his car, how do I know? – and he sees a guy with his pants down, peeing off the third floor onto innocent Annapolis Maryland below. In broad...
by snarly | Jun 6, 2013 | Artistic apologies, Funny-on-Purpose Apologies
Thanks, Friend o’ SorryWatch Nicola, for pointing us toward the work of artist David Fullarton, which is deliciously apology-centric! The images you see here are mixed media drawings on cardboard. Fullarton writes in his artist statement (when I say that it...
by sumac | Jun 5, 2013 | Institutional Apologies
In November 2012, some Half Moon Bay residents reported cats under their porch. Mountain lion-type cats. Cougars. Pumas. Panthers. Catamounts. (The different names have political implications. I’ll try to use them randomly.) Sheriffs confirmed cats under the...
by snarly | Jun 3, 2013 | Sports Apologies
I’m the old person. If you are old too, here’s Jay Smooth’s four-year-old explanation of this expression: Dan Devine at Yahoo! Sports addresses a current “no homo” controversy very well, so go read his entire piece. Summary: On Sunday,...
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