{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"His Most Honorable Personage, the Baron Gnarl von Arl (solarreverie)'s status on Wednesday, 18-May-11 04:15:42 UTC","author_name":"His Most Honorable Personage, the Baron Gnarl von Arl (solarreverie)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/solarreverie","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/104272","html":"@tinwhistle<\/span><\/a><\/span> Here's the thing: I have no focus. At all. I love biology, literature, architecture, film, art, history, chemistry, language, archaeology, philosophy, medicine, botony, anatomy, writing, sports, television, and a bajillion other things, but I have yet to put any particular effort or focus into one thing or another. I am, indeed, a dabbler. In fact, i'm one of that universally hated class of "THOSE" kids, the ones who study for ten minutes the morning before class and get nice gades all around. So what exactly does this mean? Am I a bad person? I might be a bit biased, but i tend to think not... Please forgive me, but I tend to be a bit direct: Evaluating a person by their focus or lack thereof is not at all a good thing. As Epictetus says: "Does someone drink a great deal of wine? Do not say that they do this badly, but that they drink a great deal. For until you understand their motives, how do you know what they do is bad?""}