Ok, it doesn't really involve Frankenstein, except by analogy.

In a brilliant bit of "literary sampling" on today's New York Times Op-Ed page, author Henry Alford produces an apology mix tape composed entirely of sentences cut and pasted from actual apologies ... with all references footnoted. It is a brilliant ... did I already say that? ... piece of found satire called " Regrets Only"

And don't forget the footnotes.

Here is a taste to give you the idea, but if you are an apology afficianado, go read it all:

I WANT to make it clear that everything you've heard and read is true.(1) I can also no longer deny to myself that there are issues I obviously need to examine within my own soul, and I've asked for help.(2) So if you're so thin-skinned that you took offense to a slip of the tongue that I had, then I offer my apology. I am, am sorry that you were offended.(3)

1. Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco re his affair with the wife of his former campaign manager, 2007.

2. Isaiah Washington, a star of "Grey's Anatomy," re an anti-gay slur he hurled at is co-star T. R. Knight 2007.

3. Scott James, a Fox News Radio 600 KCOL host, re his on-air remarks equating homosexuals with child molesters, 2007.