Here, at my desk, with my judgey glare, I weep

And you see how I spell spelt? I cannot be stopped, I tell you. Spelling renegade.

From a Guardian piece on the people who ruined the decade, here's a nice bit of poison pen:

"Piers Morgan? But surely Simon Cowell is the true evil, Morgan is merely one of his henchmen?" Well the thing about Cowell is that he's not really mean and unpleasant, he just plays mean and unpleasant on TV. But Piers Morgan is – how to put this? – the rancid pus that oozes from the scabs that teem and multiply on Satan's backside. He's a primetime TV talent show host, has his own chatshow, and is a hit in the US. And so he stands as a constant reminder that we, as a species, have failed, and should retreat to the ocean and let the monkeys have another go at running things.

And you see how I spell spelt? I cannot be stopped, I tell you. Spelling renegade.

I deliberately ignored "spelt," but now, from hell's heart, I glare at thee.

Isn't spelt one of those wacky grains like quinoa?

And you see how I spell spelt? I cannot be stopped, I tell you. Spelling renegade.

That's one my mother didn't lose when she moved to the States! Dropped the U, switched to checks, but SNEAKY SNEAKY things like spelt are *still there*. (She still doubles her Ls, too. Which I did until the Firefox spellchecker beat me out of it. I mean, I still type them that way, but then I change it to remove the red squiggle.)

omg, I am totally being like the person Jesse is mad at. I have much to doa nd am pissing away the day. meep.

Not really -- I bet you aren't emailing people to ask them to send an email for you because you're about to be on vacation. Another thing I bet you aren't doing is sending an email and calling to follow up on it literally THREE MINUTES LATER. I was actually working on something else in those three minutes! FFS.

Who the hell is Piers Morgan? I'm pre-disposed against him because of Piers Anthony, and I don't feel like being fair. I am so out of reality touch. Which isn't the same as being out of touch with reality, I hope.

TV told me that Gordon Ramsay had the biggest reality show on US TV. That can't be right, can it? I'd always assumed American Idol sat atop that heap. Of course, TV went on to throw flour on Gordon and chase him around the studio in the funniest Jonathan Ross interview I've ever seen, so I lean towards believing it just because.

Isn't spelt one of those wacky grains like quinoa?

I think it may be too late to introduce you to the concept of the homonym. Sorry about that.

I hadn't realised it was one of the errant spellings until here. Aims, I think, said she thought I'd just been spelling dreamt wrong the whole time. ::sniff::

TV told me that Gordon Ramsay had the biggest reality show on US TV. That can't be right, can it? I'd always assumed American Idol sat atop that heap.

Yeah, that can't be right, when AI is the biggest show on television. Maybe that's currently? Also I think the British newspapers are wrong about Piers Morgan being a star here; I think his fame is limited to judging a summer reality show. That's like saying Nigel Lythgoe or Cat Deeley are big stars here. They're not to the people to who don't watch their shows.

I pay all my bills online including my rent. It's lovely. I write maybe 4 checks a year.

Aims, I think, said she thought I'd just been spelling dreamt wrong the whole time

That's because you were spelling it wrong.

That's because you were spelling it wrong.

Just because you learnt it differently, doesn't make it wrong!