Oh, the agony of being left handed. I've spent my life fighting a prejudice toward left handed people. It was there in pre-school when my scissors didn't work, was there in college when I had to use "right handed" decks of cards and now, at work, where the standard keyboard and mouse are tailored for the righty.

Wait..deck of cards? That's right. Just to prove my point, I'll show you just how subtitle this discrimination is. Most people wouldn't even think something as simple as a deck of cards was made for right hand use, but just look at the pictures below and you'll see exactly what I mean. I'm not kidding. One can't read the card indices when fanned with the left hand.

Over the years, I have become accustom to picking out a lefty. I can see them a mile away. Why, well...because of that awful left handed writing hook. You've seen it, where we have to look all gimpy when writing. There's really no way around this if we want to see what we're writing. Ask a lefty if they get pen or pencil on the base of their hand. Actually, when erasable ink came out, my hand would be covered in ink.

Here is a list of items that are automatically made for the right hander, and not the left hander.

• Bowling balls
• Guns
• Fishing rods (now they come with inter-changeable reels)
• Guitars
• Most instruments
• Controls in the driver seat of a car.
• Can openers
• Mice (computer mouse)
• Scissors
• Playing cards
• Golf clubs
• Baseball gloves
• Most kitchen utensils
• Spiral bound notebooks and paper pads
• One could even say the standard clock is bias.

Funny story

About 10 years ago, Nerf came out with this aerodynamic football that had curves carved into it for a better spiral throw. Problem is, the curves were meant to assist the right handed hurler, not the lefty. I was at the lake with some friends who were throwing this around. I picked up the ball and went to riffle of my usual perfect spiral, but it died in the air like a lame duck. This is when I learned that left handed prejudice had been taken to a new low.

Left Handed Fascinating Facts (grabbed from some random website)

• Most left-handers draw figures facing to the right.
• There is a high tendency in twins for one to be left-handed
• Left-handers adjust more readily to seeing underwater.
• Left-handers excel particularly in tennis, baseball, swimming and fencing.
• Left-handers usually reach puberty 4 to 5 months after right-handers
• 4 of the 5 original designers of the Macintosh computer were left-handed
• Left-handers are generally more intelligent, better looking, imaginative and multi-talented than right handers - based on discussions among lefty's.

Logistics 

I know it's a numbers and cost thing. Most people are right handed, so why produce something for a left hander. But, day in and day out, we need to constantly find ways to adapt to the right handed man's world. Sometimes, it even poses a safety concern. But, I'm proud to be left handed. It's like our own little everyday club. And, I will go on the records as saying that lefties are definitely different than the right. I can't nail down the specifics, but they say that the left side of the body is controlled by the right side of the brain. The right brain has certain artistic and creative lobes not found on the left. Left handers seem to be more creative, artistic and dynamic thinkers. We are also more quirky and socially slow. Lefties are also know to be good leaders. A majority of past presidents of the US are left handed, including Clinton, Bush Sr, Regan, Ford and Truman...and I'll just add Obama to the list right now. So, please let me know if you're a left hander and I'll add you to my comprehensive list of left handed people that I keep.

Finally

Check out this beer bottle label.  It's "Left Hand Brewing Company".  It captures BEER, LEFT HANDED and BLACK JACK.  Three of my very favorite things.