Not so "great"

Ouch! The educational system in this country definitely needs reform! (And I'm very sorry to say this is my daughter's school.)

Big Bear Lake

To complement the gorgeous East Coast pictures, here's one from the West Coast, of Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains. We spent Thanksgiving week in the area, and it was truly breathtaking.

Also taking my breath away, shopping Pavilions (Vons) in Mission Viejo today and seeing one of the overhead directory signs that read "Jucies."

Seen on the side of a truck today

It was a huge ad that read "Store closing. Your gain is our lost!"

NBC is the biggest loser

Last night I was putting together certificates/ribbons for the PTA arts contest I co-chair, and was half-watching a TV show I'd never seen before -- "The Biggest Loser." Going into a break, they had a bumper graphic with trivia, and the word "vaccuming" was spelled in large letters. It appeared later in the show as well. It's a good thing I didn't have anything to throw at the TV. How does that graphic survive intact after being viewed by countless producers, editors, and directors who work on a show like this?
I'm going to start a new feature of this blog documenting the horrifying misspellings I come across so often.
Meantime, my husband spent part of his day writing to the Los Angeles Times. The first had to do with the word "juggernaut" that was spelled "juggernat" in a headline. I quote now directly from his second letter (Isn't there something seriously wrong when a newspaper like the LA Times can make this kind of mistake? In addition to the reporter's error, where on earth was the copyeditor? Scary!)

The reason that "the principles are not doing much
talking" is that principles can't talk. Why the
principals mentioned in your story aren't talking is
another matter.