Pet Rock: The Pop Culture Blog

OK, 50 points to those who match the headline and photo above before reading the next paragraph. I'll even put in a few extra returns just in case your eyes wander down before finishing.

That's Al Pacino in a scene from "Donnie Brasco." He plays low-level wiseguy Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero. And today, Aug. 13, is National Left Hander's Day.

(Hey, it's better than a picture of someone's left hand.)

So everyone lift a glass with your left hand and salute the awesomeness of the lefthanded folks, who have escaped persecution of days gone by and learned to excel in a world crafted for punk righthanders.

Here's a quick list of more famous lefthanders you can toast at the bar tonight:

Alexander the Great
Angelina Jolie
Babe Ruth
Barry Bonds
Benjamin Franklin
Bill Clinton
Bill Russell
Bruce Jenner
Bruce Willis
Casey Stengel
Clarence Darrow
Dan Aykroyd
Darryl Strawberry
Deion Sanders
Diego Armando Maradona
Don Mattingly
Dorothy Hamill
Edward R. Murrow
F. Lee Bailey
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Greg Louganis
Henry Ford
Isaac Hayes
Jerry Seinfeld
Jimi Hendrix
Joan of Arc
John McEnroe
Julia Roberts
Julius Caesar
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Larry Bird
Lou Whitaker
Mark La Monica
Mark Spitz
Mark Twain
Martina Navratilova
Marvin Hagler
Michelangelo
Napoléon Bonaparte
Oprah Winfrey
Oscar de la Hoya
Paul McCartney
Paul O'Neill
Paul Simon
Reggie Jackson
Richard Pryor
Richard Simmons
Rickey Henderson
Robert DeNiro
Robert Plant
Robert Redford
Ronald Reagan
Sandy Koufax
Steve McQueen
Ted Williams
Telly Savalas
Tom Cruise
Tommy Lasorda
Tony Gwynn
Vin Scully