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Monthly Archives: February 2015
My Special Forces unit parachuted in and fixed the VA
He was chatting with a homeless veteran one night in January. He asked what branch of the Armed Services the man had been in. “Special Forces.” He leaned in with interest. “Special Forces! What years? I was in Special Forces.” … Continue reading
I’ve said much worse things than that
Rebecca Mock is an illustrator. You can see her work on her website. I love “A Year in Trees”, an animation she did for the NY Times Sunday Review. I bet they paid her. The “Aftershocks” is cool, and a … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Apologies, Social Media Apologies
Tagged Aftershocks, Capital NY, Diplo, Giflo, Instagram, J.J. Steeves, Jack Ü, Medium.com, Missy Elliott, Nordstroms, NY Times Sunday Review, Rebecca Mock, Skrillex, TwitLonger, Twitter
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We do not apologize for using lynching imagery to sell photo-editing software
Warning: Racism and lynching imagery ahead. Thanks to reader Kali for pointing this out.
That’s not us
This January six “Greek” organizations at the University of Michigan planned a lovely winter weekend holiday. Sigma Alpha Mu, and Sigma Delta Tau booked 40 rooms at the Treetops resort in Gaylord, Michigan, to shelter upwards of 200 members. Pi … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Apologies
Tagged Alpha Phi, Baby's First Chainsaw, Boyne Highlands Resort, Chi Psi, Delta Gamma, Fraternity Row, Gaylord Michigan, Harbor Springs Michigan, Honor Codes fix everything, hubris, Interfraternity Council, little Latin and less Greek, Panhellenic Association, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Alpha Mu, Sigma Delta Tau, so-called Greek organizations, Treetops Resort, UM, University of Michigan, Wolverines
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Making fun of those accents is how I stay sane
Argentinean President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) went to a trade event in China during a state visit. Not her first visit there. Noting the large attendance, she tweeted, “Más de 1.000 asistentes al evento… ¿Serán todos de “La Cámpola” … Continue reading
Checking back with the execrable Facebook Year in Review
Here’s an old apology story with an update. Remember when Facebook threw that “Hey, [your name], here’s what your year looked like!” party that showed up in your timeline shortly before New Year’s Eve? Most had the caption: “It’s been a … Continue reading
Posted in Good apologies, Social Media Apologies
Tagged Eric Meyer, Facebook, Jonathan Gheller, loss, Year in Review
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I remember it like it was yesterday. Or even tomorrow
In 2003, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams was reporting on-scene from Iraq. He was in a convoy of Chinook helicopters on a supply run over desert west of Baghdad when one of them was struck by rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Apologies, Media Apologies
Tagged "Fox News", 159th Aviation Regiment, Brian Williams, Chinook helicopter, D-Day, David Letterman, Facebook, forced down in the desert, I wake up screaming, I wake up sobbing, Iraq, Lance Reynolds, NBC, New York Rangers, Nightly News, Stars and Stripes, Thermopylae, Tiananmen Square, Tim Terpak, Twitter, U.S. Army, wait no I wake up firing my weapon in all directions
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