Talk about them over dinner with your friends the way you'd talk about fantasy football—it forces you to be consider opposing players' merits.
NJ.com presents five fiscal cliff scenarios—pick your favorite and play it out. Or place bets. Can we say that? I don't know. Don't place bets. Maybe just draw them out of a hat to take ownership, then talk about them over dinner with your friends the way you'd talk about fantasy football—it forces you to be invested in players on opposing teams and consider their merits. (But if I get Philip Rivers, I'm trading him, and I don't care what I get back—Herman Cain at Treasury making decisions based on Pokemon songs? Whatever! SOLD!)
Here are the choices given (and, clearly, elaborated upon if you click through):