Hats off to us sinister southpaws

Here on the porch, we are a little society unto ourselves.

Out there in your world, barbecue tastes great with sauce and pickles and between 8 and 9/10ths of you are right-handed.

Here in our world, barbecue also tastes great with sauce and pickles. But when we eat, 66 percent of us will use our dominant hand -- the left one.

Why are we born left-handed? Perhaps it is because we were exposed to a higher-than-normal level of testosterone before birth. Perhaps it is birth stress. Maybe the ultrasound had something to do with it.

Now you may ask, what does barbecue have to do with any of this? Left-handedness is also associated with impairments of the brain.

Pulled pork sandwiches anyone?