Please Use Spell Check!

I've been reading lots of blogs lately. Most of them are well-written, interesting, and pleasant to read. Occasionally, I come across one that makes me want to gouge my eyes out, yet strangely, I'm also drawn in. These are the blogs with atrocious spelling, poor grammar, and a general overuse of the exclamation point. (like this!!!!!!!) Sometimes, I will have to read a sentence over and over before I can glean the meaning.

Just click on by, Genevieve, you might be saying to yourself. Oh, you. That's an excellent suggestion, yet for some reason, I can't. I feel the need to read what's on the opening page. I can stop myself from reading the archives, though. Maybe it's my shock-and-awe feeling at how badly these pages are written. Today, I read one, and halfway through the first entry, I was convinced that the author wasn't a native English speaker. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that not only does she live in the United States, but she has never lived anyplace else. (Links withheld to protect the innocent from my ranting.)

I know that I'm not a perfect writer, by far. But I do use spell check. I know the difference between its and it's, and they're, their, and there. I know that a lot is two words and that cannot is one word. I know how to use apostrophes, commas, and semicolons. Please, everyone, just use spell check. Please.