Screaming Penguin - Source Does Matter

Well I would agree about cursive, I am not a typing snob but frankly I was never formally taught to write cursive (somehow missed it when moving every year, one district had already done it, one was planning to do it next, I moved in between, etc). I can do it, but I dont do it, ever, unless signing my name (and that can hardly even be called writing, much less cursive).

As for "then" and "than" and "how are u 2 do it" - those all drive me crazy. Along with good vs well and lately "there's".

The "u" thing depends on the setting, I let it slide in a text message (though its still a bit annoying) - but it drives me crazy in a more public or formal setting (email or a newsgroup).

Good/well and then/than are pretty obvious - and really so is there's. However, nowadays I hear stuff like "there's a lot of good reasons to celebrate", and so on *everywhere*. I even hear this on the radio, television.
Now I admit that some folks say this acceptable in informal use, but I will also admit that those people are wrong. ;)

There's is a CONTRACTION folks, for "there is." "There is" is singular. "There is a lot of good reasons to celebrate." No. They're a lot of good reasons to celebrate.

BTW, "there's" some good podcasts out there - such as Grammar Girl.