by snarly | May 30, 2013 | Artistic apologies, Other Apologies
Courtesy of Lisa Harsma of BooksListsLife, behold a scene from NYT bestselling author Tessa Dare’s latest novel. I haven’t read this one, but like Lisa, I’m a big Tessa Dare fan. Booklist calls her one of the “new stars of historical romance,” and...
by snarly | May 29, 2013 | Artistic apologies, Other Apologies
Ooh, a novel about an apology savant! By a Pulitzer nominee! Jonathan Dee’s s A Thousand Pardons opens with privileged Westchester couple Helen and Ben Armstead heading to couples therapy. Ben’s been increasingly disengaged and quiet, but he suddenly loses...
by sumac | Apr 10, 2013 | Other Apologies
Worst apology from a Ghastly Yoga Class: I’m sorry you had issues with our studio. Best Apology for being late: Sorry, I have baby foxes. Bonus yoga...
by snarly | Mar 21, 2013 | Artistic apologies, Media Apologies, Other Apologies, Scientific apologies
When news broke that primatologist Jane Goodall’s new book, Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants, contained plagiarized material, Susan and I both felt sick. We’ve both worked as “co-writers” on well-known people’s...
by snarly | Jan 26, 2013 | Corporate Apologies, Other Apologies
BREAKING: The oversized sandwich purveyor Subway has apologized for the fact that its “Footlong Sub” is sometimes only 11 inches long. Here is photographic evidence of the shrunken item: Maybe it was cold out. After this guy posted a pic of his shriveled...
by snarly | Jan 4, 2013 | Other Apologies, Political Apologies
So, remember how a bunch of right-wing pundits and politicians made snarky and comical noises about Hillary Clinton faking a concussion to get out of testifying about Benghazi? And then she was hospitalized with a blood clot resulting from the concussion that could...