Public Apology: Dear Owner of the White House At the Corner of Northvale and Southvale Avenues in Little Silver, New Jersey @4:20 PM
Public Apology: The Collected Short Films @4:20 PM
Tim Sutton and Seth Bomse make films for a living and now they've made three short ones based on installments of the Public Apology column here at The Awl. Author Dave Bry feels awkward about them and won't watch—but the rest of us have, and we dig it. READ MORE 23
Public Apology: Dear Riders of The Powell-Mason Cable Car Line in San Francisco, Late Summer 1991 @4:30 PM
On Waking Up As A Statistic @10:00 AM
My kid, who just turned five, wakes up before me every morning and plays in his room. I hear him talking through my half-sleep, spooling out imaginary dialogue between his Ben 10 action figures, mostly about who will defeat who, who has stronger magical powers or superior fire power. This morning, though, amidst the usual, I heard something different.
"Oh, you lost your jobs?" he said, in a deep monster voice. "I'm sorry." READ MORE 25
Public Apology: Dear Rory's Parents @4:30 PM
Dear Rory's parents,
I'm sorry if I conjured up a very disturbing image for you at Jack's birthday party.
It was about this time last year, I think, that we found ourselves talking by the bowl of ranch-dressing dip. Jack was turning four. I was there because my kid was in Jack's preschool class. You're friends with Jack's parents, I believe. One of you works with one of them, maybe? Anyway, you have a son who was at the party, too. Rory. READ MORE 17
Public Apology: Dear Nick @4:50 PM
Dear Nick,
I'm sorry I ate your carrot cake.
We were at college, and living off campus in the house on Bragaw Street. You had bought the cake earlier that day, when we'd all gone to Super Stop n' Shop for groceries. You'd paid for it separately and left it in the fridge while you went to an afternoon class. But our roommate Scott and I didn't have afternoon classes that day. Or if we did, we decided to skip them and stay home and smoke pot instead. Whatever the case, we stayed home while you were out and smoked pot. I got hungry, on account of the pot smoking, and went to the fridge, where I found the piece of carrot cake wrapped in cellophane. I knew it was yours. I knew you were saving it to eat later. I don't even like carrot cake that much. Still, it looked good, with that thick layer of cream-cheese frosting on top, and self-discipline was not a strong suit of mine. I decided to have just one little piece. Then I ate the whole thing. It was delicious. READ MORE 26
Public Apology: Dear Black Sabbath @2:30 PM
Dear Black Sabbath,
I'm sorry I didn't vote for you in the "favorite band" poll Betsy Schroeder conducted for a science project when we were in seventh grade. After the initial round of questionnaires were filled out and tallied, you guys were tied for the lead with Men at Work. Somehow, stupidly, in the run-off, I voted for Men at Work. In fact (and I cringe at the memory) I joined Nicole Seitz and actually campaigned for Men at Work. Against you. READ MORE 6



















