A Little or A Lot

Chad and I had an interesting conversation the other day.

Side note:  Stop the presses!  We're officially out of the Baby Brain Drain period if we can have an interesting conversation.

We were discussing one of my more...quirky...traits. 

You see, I want to know a little about a lot.  I jump into projects and interests - gardening, quilting, Italian, Spanish, French, photography, sewing, canning, making soap, writing novels, writing poetry, balloon animal twisting, running, kickboxing, rock climbing, camping, home improvement, belly dancing, ballroom dancing, singing, bowling, golf, softball, tennis, blogging, roller skating, knitting, turn of the century Russian history, higher education, baking - but don't always hang out to learn more than the basics.  I get excited about something and then, drop it like a hot potato if it turns out not to be fun (running) or something that I find boring (cross stitching).  Then I move on to the next thing.  A few, very few, become continued hobbies, but most fall to the wayside.

As a result, I have an eclectic range of talents.  I can tie a French knot and know how to lock in a carabiner when relaying.  I know how to bake a loaf of bread and fix a screen door.  But, and here's the big but, I'm not an expert in anything.  I may tie that French knot, but my satin stitches look like something a ten-year-old would produce.  I can punch a mean one-two combo, but have a hard time with my undercut.  You get the picture.

Chad, on the other hand, has a few, very few, hobbies.  Actually, I can narrow them down to two categories: sports and music.  Ask him who sang Lola and he'll not only tell you The Kinks, but he'll tell you the year and the name of the album.  Need to know who won the 1982 Superbowl?  Chad's your man.  He can even follow Aussie Rules football and cricket.  Cricket!  Who on earth - outside the UK - understands cricket.

So what do you think?  Is it better to know a little about a lot or a lot about a little.