a) Thanks. It's easy to get caught in a vicious cycle of "I don't talk about this because nobody understands because I don't talk about it," so here is me breaking the cycle. Whee!

b) I think just about everyone reads it that way at first. Most text programs tend to autocorrect it, too, so I'm always paranoid that I didn't catch it. XD

And now I'm hearing Shirley in my head.