Let's Hear it for Lefties!
Credit: Pleated Jeans
Look up synonyms for left-handed and you get sinister, sinistral, dubious .. you get the picture. Southpaws are people too! We found an interesting infographic with some good insight into our left-handed brethren and sistren. **Full disclosure: We (as in editorial we and not royal we) are right-handed, but some of our best friends are left-handed...
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