"This is harder than driving a car," I said, attempting to deflect embarrassment with humor.
But first, allow me to delay my public embarrassment with a few words about my hair.
It was decided that it would be an embarrassment, with only about 10,000 members voting.
Liberals have long criticised America's acceptance of state-sanctioned death as an international embarrassment with little deterrent effect.
The Federal Election Commission is an embarrassment, with Republican members blocking enforcement recommendations from the commission's own investigators.
(There were two successes, with Sally Field and Jennifer Aniston, and one major embarrassment, with Anne Hathaway).
"There was disappointment, obviously, but to a certain degree there was embarrassment with the way we played," Howe said.
For West Ham, it brought a now-familiar sense of embarrassment, with 11 goals conceded in four days.
Bill Hancock quietly mended the breach, and stifled the embarrassment, with the safety pins he always keeps handy.
They have also caused embarrassment with other allies, for example by revealing that GCHQ was bugging the South African foreign ministry.
Russian officials seemed to be having the most fun with the Americans' embarrassment, with some suggesting that Mr. Assange get the Nobel Peace Prize.
