by snarly | Oct 22, 2019 | Bropology, Corporate Apologies, Sports Apologies
SorryWatch is still in recovery from Lance Armstrong’s and Ray Rice’s godawful apologies. However, at the urging of a longtime baseball fan and blogger who was not authorized to speak on the record, SorryWatch agreed to wade into the Houston Astros mess. A...
by snarly | Sep 30, 2019 | Religious Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
We mostly talk about apologies here; just for kicks, let’s take a quick detour into forgiveness. The web site My Jewish Learning (Snarly is a fan) has been emailing readers a series of essays called “Explore Forgiveness.” It’s a project...
by snarly | Sep 26, 2019 | Artistic apologies
Here is a beautiful poem. To us, it feels apology-adjacent. SMALL KINDNESSES by Danusha Laméris I’ve been thinking about the way, when you walkdown a crowded aisle, people pull in their legsto let you by. Or how strangers still say “bless you”when someone sneezes, a...
by snarly | Sep 7, 2019 | Funny-on-Purpose Apologies, Personal Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
In 2013, Sumac visited Camp Playapology at Burning Man. Her account of the visit remains one of our most popular posts. In 2019, Snarly went to Burning Man for the first time. Her spouse, Dr. Cheezie, was attending his 22nd Burn. (It’s a mixed marriage.) Of...