Gotta Love a Lefty!

Oct 7, 2011 by MidChix Staff

Quote to Inspire: “The right half of the brain controls the left half of the body. This means that only left-handed people are in their right mind.” – Anon

Left Handed Ponderings: Is it just me or is it a left-handed thing?
We were asked by a Club members whether any of us also have problems with greeting people with a kiss, either on one or both cheeks. She said that she often ended up bumping noses or planting the kiss firmly (and embarrassingly) on the other persons lips because she always seemed to start on the wrong side. We thought about is and realised that we all do the same – it IS a left-handed thing!
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Book We Like: “The Left Stuff – How the Left-Handed Have Survived and Thrived in a Right-Handed World”
This book demystifies the place left-handness has held in society, shedding new light on this controversial discussion. The Left Stuff is fascinating and insightful. After reading it, you may find yourself more confused about whether you’re right- or left-handed, but you’ll have learned a lot about yourself and the incredible entity that is your brain.
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Interesting Facts About Left-Handers
The life of the left-handed is not always easy. Social stigmas still prevail, and many everyday tasks that right handed people never think twice about are difficult for a leftie. With only 7-10 percent of the population on their side, left-handed folks tend to be male which means that left-handed females are truly a minority.
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Article We Like: “Are Left Handers Quicker Thinkers Than Right Handers?”
All those parents in the ’70s and ’80s who made their left-handed children struggle to use their right hands may be kicking themselves right about now. As it turns out, left-handers might have the advantage in certain areas like, say, piloting a jet fighter or talking and driving at the same time. A study published in the journal Neuropsychology in late 2006 suggests that left-handed people are faster at processing multiple stimuli than righties.
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Blog We Like: “Left-Handed Housewife”
I’m a writer and a stay-at-home mom who keeps meaning to mop the floors because I think it would make me happy if I did. I love books and music and writing, spend entirely too much time in the dentist’s chair (I bet I have more crowns than you do), and used to think I was sort of bohemian, but now I wonder. No tattoos. Minivan. That story.
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Weekly Recipe: Left Hand Brewery’s Chocolate Milk Stout Cake
From the Great American Beer Cookbook, by Candy Schermerhorn.
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