A few months ago, I stopped watching and reading the news. The only things I read these days are a couple of compilation websites on consumer affairs, news of the weird, and Perez Hilton. This has resulted in severely skewing the topics that I can casually talk about. On the upside, I suspect I bullshit less and listen more.
Listening to other people more is weird. My friend nutter butter (note* not his real name) tends to talk about fluffy celeb gossip and then gets spot on for certain technical matters (like his HDTV). My sister doesn't like to talk about philosophy but loves to talk about the way people behave, which oddly enough resembles my mother.
I will have to ask the loml what I talk about.