cac4,

I suggest you get a magazine subscription to something like Wired, Popular Science, Mental Floss (my personal favorite), etc. and read a little each day until you find something worth talking about.

You can quickly summarize your work day, and then say "but I was reading this really interesting thing today ..."

I find if I don't do mental stuff that is NOT work each day, I go crazy. But that's me.

Chrome

"Recollect me darlin, raise me to your lips, two undernourished egos, four rotating hips"

Inertia Creeps by Massive Attack