tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post1363318254130929144..comments2024-03-18T21:55:56.412-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: There's Nothing Sinister in Being Left-HandedThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-88133333119135579782009-03-24T17:46:00.000-07:002009-03-24T17:46:00.000-07:00Maybe, Jennifer, we're just pleasantly weird.Maybe, Jennifer, we're just pleasantly weird.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-20716923847878352642009-03-23T21:03:00.000-07:002009-03-23T21:03:00.000-07:00MoS - Like me, it sounds like you are mixed-handed...MoS - <BR/><BR/>Like me, it sounds like you are mixed-handed, or cross-dominant - meaning that you do different things with different hands. It's a lovely rare condition affecting many truly brilliant people. In fact, many people often thought of as left-handed or ambidextrous are actually cross-dominant: Da Vinci, Tesla, Einstein, Michelangelo, Beethoven, Gandhi, etc.<BR/><BR/>You are actually only the second person I've encountered (besides myself) who writes with their left and does most of everything else with their right - it's usually the other way around. I also use chopsticks with my left, and I'm pretty much ambidextrous at pool.<BR/><BR/>We're a superior breed. Maybe it's a blogger thing.Jennifer Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610902519752808810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-10177247037418910892009-03-23T18:57:00.000-07:002009-03-23T18:57:00.000-07:00I was an "ambi" too. I used to pick up a pen or p...I was an "ambi" too. I used to pick up a pen or pencil with whatever hand was closest. That came to an end around grade three or four. My teacher was enlightened enough not to force me to be right-handed but I was made to chose. The left was somewhat more natural so that's how I ended up. It ultimately evolved to the point where strength tasks, such as hammering or throwing a ball, I do right-handed while more precise functions, such as writing or painting, I'm strictly a leftie. I guess we just gravitate to whatever works best.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-6153929444416174842009-03-23T17:11:00.000-07:002009-03-23T17:11:00.000-07:00How have I managed to miss my fame? I'm ambidextr...How have I managed to miss my fame? I'm ambidextrous and it is very handy when writing on the board while teaching moving from right to left. Some Korean kids pick it up and just about have a heart attack.....and I'm still not famous.....drat!! A. MorrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com