My mom loves telling me I need to go back to school and do something with my life, but my dad takes the much more materialistic approach and tells me to improve my life by buying things. For instance during the course of our 14 hour drive from Virginia to Florida he claimed I needed to buy all of the following:
- a new car
- a boat
- a RV
- a log cabin
Bear in mind that each time he makes this suggestion, it starts with "Boy, you need to get you a [insert random object]." So yes, my dad really did say "Boy, you need to get you a log cabin."

Hopefully Obama can do something about this "recission" soon.