by Meg Hourihan Women learn lots of things from their mothers. Some learn how to apply makeup, others some trick to keep blemishes at bay. Still others learn how to perfectly fold a fitted sheet or make a rich chicken stock from scratch. My mother taught me how to mouse goofy, i.e. mousing lefty rather than righty. My right hand ached a lot from hours and hours (and years and years) of computing.
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