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 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 snarly | May 8, 2013 | Corporate Apologies
A week or so ago, awesome dad Josh Stearns wanted to buy some LEGO-branded, construction-themed stickers for his son. But Stearns (who lives in Northampton, MA, so I should probably use the honorific “hippie-dad Stearns”) noted with dismay on his...
by snarly | May 6, 2013 | Academic apologies
Man, all you people on teh Facebook demanding we tackle neocon hottiepants Niall Ferguson’s apology for calling dead economist Maynard Keynes a big fag who didn’t care about the future because he had no kids! (I paraphrase.) FINE. Here we go. At a...
by snarly | May 2, 2013 | Media Apologies, Sports Apologies
So journeyman NBA’er Jason Collins came out as a big gay homosexual in Sports Illustrated, in a beautifully written piece apparently crafted with Franz Lidz. (For some reason, Susan and I both like to give co-writers some credit.) Most of the response to...
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