by snarly | Sep 30, 2014 | Artistic apologies, Corporate Apologies
Peter V. Brett, a fantasy novelist and dad, got a superhero board game for 6-year-old daughter Cassie. As he wrote on his blog, he was gobsmacked to learn that in a children’s game about DC superheroes and supervillains, made by the established game company...
by snarly | Sep 26, 2014 | Political Apologies
With apologies to Wallace Stevens. I Note that Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson is wearing a red polo shirt instead of the uniform of his office. He’s not apologizing as the representative of the police force; he’s just a guy. In a polo shirt. Among...
by snarly | Sep 17, 2014 | Religious Apologies
You know where the word “scapegoat” comes from, right? In Leviticus, there’s discussion of the way the Jewish community would project all its sins onto a goat on Yom Kippur and send it out into the wilderness. Today, my part-time employer Tablet...
by snarly | Sep 10, 2014 | Sports Apologies
People keep asking us to weigh on the new Ray Rice video. We said what we have to say back in May. (We did update the post, though.) So let’s not talk about Fox needing to apologize for making douchey jokes about taking the stairs. Or about boxer Floyd...
by snarly | Sep 2, 2014 | Musical Apologies
Let me 1st praise god for exoneration fairness & freedom! Secondly I sincerely apologize for my comments being taken so far out of context. — CeeLo Green (@CeeLoGreen) September 1, 2014 Uh, no. Let ME apologize for my comments being taken so far out of context....