I was tagged a while back. It's a nice gesture, whether you participate or not! I decided to give it a go, although I'm pretty sure I've done something similar many blogs ago.

I'm requested to list Ten Random Facts about myself. As a lazy person (is that a random fact?), I can't do them all at once. So, I'm going to reveal facts here and there, as random blog tidbits. I'm also supposed to "tag" five people to do something similar. Not gonna happen! I'm too lazy. :) By the way, thanks t_f! :)

Fact... Should it be One or Ten? I guess you should count down. TEN! I'm Left Handed, Right Armed
I write and eat with my left hand. I mean, use utensils. I eat with my mouth. :) I play baseball, football, and golf with my right arm! And bowl. Ever notice how you play most sports, but you don't play bowl? You just bowl! :)

So my right arm is a little bit bigger than my left, but my left hand is a little bit smarter than my right! :) And there's always exceptions. I play frisbee with my left hand (and arm). I love frisbee, I've spent many, many hours flinging a disc. It's a great sport, requiring delicate hand dexterity! Oh, and ping pong, left. But I open pickle jars with my right (hand). So that's Random Fact Number Ten. I'll not get into the right brain/left brain analysis!

Funny Coincidence
Last week, I was watching a rare episode of Law and Order, SVU. Rare, because I hadn't seen it before! Quick synopsis: It was typical, or vintage, SVU. Women getting raped, the detectives trying to find a common denominator. They finally narrow it down to a doctor. They arrest him at the hospital, and there's this janitor with a mop and pail watching from over on the side:

Yeah, it's Kal Penn, aka Kutner! (he's the one on the left) Of course I'm yelling, "You've got the wrong guy!!!" :) They eventually figure out it was Kal's character, and he played a pretty good psycho. He was the Doctor's son.

But the great irony, to me, was that Kal Penn would be playing a janitor at a hospital! :) Bet that looked good on his resume when applying to be a new duckling! Life imitates art becoming art in life! Or something like that. Jumble them up till it sounds right. :)

I'll Leave With A Funny
A buddy emailed me this one:

A Spanish Teacher was explaining to her students that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.

"House" for instance, is feminine: "la casa."

"Pencil," however, is masculine: "el lapiz.."

A student asked, "What gender is 'computer'?"

Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the students into two groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether "computer" should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.

The men's group decided that "computer" should definitely be of the feminine gender ("la computadora"), because:

1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.

(THIS GETS BETTER!)

The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine ("el computador"), because:

1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.

The women won.

I guess that's why I never learned Spanish!

:)
TG