by snarly | Jun 24, 2015 | Other Apologies
Under One Small Star My apologies to chance for calling it necessity.My apologies to necessity if I’m mistaken, after all.Please, don’t be angry, happiness, that I take you as my due.May my dead be patient with the way my memories fade.My apologies to time for all the...
by snarly | Jun 23, 2015 | Other Apologies
Interesting piece on Lifehacker (Gawker’s site about “living better in the digital age”) about Christian counselors Gary Chapman and Jennifer M. Thomas’s “5 Apology Languages.” It’s a sequel to Chapman’s popular 5 Love...
by snarly | Feb 20, 2015 | Other Apologies
Warning: Racism and lynching imagery ahead. Thanks to reader Kali for pointing this one out. According to the racial justice site Colorlines, which I believe broke the story, a graphic design company called Seasalt & Co. posted the following image on its FB page....
by sumac | Sep 18, 2014 | Other Apologies
Some of the most interesting stories come from the bats mailing list. This one is out of Southeast Arizona, a biodiversity hotspot south and east of Tucson. It’s a birding Mecca, a naturalist’s paradise. I went looking for birds, but it also bubbles with...
by snarly | Aug 26, 2014 | Artistic apologies, Other Apologies
Rainbow Rowell is best known for her young adult novels, Eleanor & Park (one of the best YA novels I have ever read) and Fangirl (which many people like even more than Eleanor & Park, and which my 12-year-old daughter will kill me soon for not having read). I...
by snarly | Apr 14, 2014 | Artistic apologies, Other Apologies
Snarky non-apologizing is tres chic right now. Ironic fashion is everything. So let’s unapologetically check out some merch. First we have this “Sorry Not Sorry” hat from Urban Outfitters. Express your disdain for emotional generosity via a...