I GUESS HE FOUND HER

and her misspelling.

Announcer and former Twins' pitcher Bert Blyleven searches the stands for unique signs. He found one here.

Why is spelling important anyway?

My first big fau pax was in Freshman English class. In order to secure your A in the class, you had to do some kind of project or take a B. That's the way it was back then.

Wanting the A, I made a poster listing the prepositions in alphabetical order. I misspelled the title Prepostions. I still got the A, but was embarrassed about my poster. It, along with the others, hung up in the classroom for far too long for me.

My favorite spelling rule, by the way, is the most famous of them all. I before E except after C. What I love about it, is that it's wrong 83% of the time. That's right. If that's the only part of the rule you know, then you're better off not knowing it.

Now when you add the rest of the rule unless sounding like a as in neighbor and weigh, then that ups the odds greatly. How greatly, I don't recall.

Well, class, that's the spelling lesson for the day. Now go out there and do your best. But if you mess up, don't feel badly.

(Actually, it's don't feel bad. One hundred per cent of the time unless you're talking about someone who physically is unable to feel because of a lack of feeling in the fingers. Only, repeat only then is it I feel badly.)