by snarly | Feb 4, 2014 | Artistic apologies, Historical Apologies, Musical Apologies, Religious Apologies
We’ve bleated until our ears bled about the elements of apology: Acknowledging the offense, acknowledging its effect, expressing genuine remorse, explaining why and how said bad thing won’t happen again, and making reparation. Can you apologize well...
by snarly | Jan 28, 2014 | Artistic apologies, Historical Apologies, Personal Apologies
Courtesy of the marvelous Brain Pickings: My dear Annie: This is indeed dreadful. You have no idea of the grief I am in while I write. I am obliged to use an umbrella to keep the tears from running down on to the paper. Go there to read the whole thing, apologizing to...
by snarly | Jan 14, 2014 | Artistic apologies, Funny-on-Purpose Apologies
I made a doge reference in the first line of the SorryWatching of Chris Christie, because wow. Now writer-producer Jane Ruffino has gone us one better and given the universe an all-purpose non-apology doge. Distribute and attribute! PS. Feel free to make and send us...
by snarly | Dec 30, 2013 | Artistic apologies, Musical Apologies
Singer Ani DiFranco (or her people) scheduled a four-day “creativity workshop” at a former slave plantation in Louisiana. Many humans found this problematic. DiFranco ultimately cancelled the retreat…but her statement about why is abysmal. We really...
by snarly | Dec 2, 2013 | Artistic apologies, Other Apologies
Kirkus Reviews named A Thousand Pardons (apology-centric novel previously discussed on SorryWatch) to its list of the Best Books of 2013. (On the other hand, Bookforum said its “awkward mix of narrative strategies—realistic on the surface, fantastical beneath—is...
by sumac | Sep 11, 2013 | Artistic apologies, Personal Apologies
Music writer Dave Bry, so blatantly riding off SorryWatch’s international fame (they love us in Italy, they love us in Brazil, they’ve heard of us in France), has written a book called Public Apology: In Which a Man Grapples with a Lifetime of Regret, One...
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