10 subjects about which I’d like to be conversant.

At least 15 minutes of good, solid cocktail party conversation.  After which, my conversation partner moves on, thinking, “Wow, what a unique, informed, clever, well-rounded, cool guy.”  Kind of a Walter-Mitty-Goes-Socializing fantasy…

1. The dating habits of “Deal or No Deal” spokesmodels.
2. The making of “Kill Bill” volumes 1 & 2
3. Which literary fiction translations are the most cool
4. Gene-splicing
5. Islam
6. Dennis Kucinich and why nerds make good Presidents
7. Tom Tancredo and what happened in his childhood to make him a raving lunatic who wants to be President
8. The life and times of Andy Warhol
9. Game theory
10. The 1906 Chicago Cubs