Oh happy day! My new “Leap” office chair just arrived!! Whoo-hoo!!!
I scored the “Galaxy Quest” video at a local church fair this weekend…for $1.00 !!! :D:D:D
SWEEEEEET! I love that movie!
What is a leap office chair & how can I get one?
You seem too happy for it to be a regular chair.
Steelcase corporation makes a “leap” line of ergonomic office chairs. Nice chair, good for my 2 icky lumbar disks in my back. And it’s purple. Life is good!
A big ass house.
So, it’s not something I am buying, but nontheless, it’s a cool purchase. I went with my sister and brother-in-law to help with their new house buying decisions. This is apparently the step 1 in their plan to colonize the earth with an army of their off-springs.
(Bonus rant: I am shocked how un-effing-believably expensive houses are. Without going into the details, let’s just say if you’re a millionaire now, you just barely middle class these days. I think I’ll move to Montana or Kenya, or something like that.)
Haven’t you heard? $5 million is the cutoff for middle class now. 
Damn. So, W < $5 million is middle class, and W > $ 5M is upper class, or upper middle class? (where W is net worth.)
This is very depressing. So, if I have two grand in my checking account, does that still qualify me as middle class?
The trick is to go in a new area that has nothing but a few homes. We moved into our home 15 years ago. The closest store was 20 minutes away. If you forgot an ingredient for dinner it would take an hour just to get it. Now the grocery store is less than a mile away. Our house is worth 3 times its original price. If we tried to buy our house today we could not afford it.
I’ve pretty much given up on ever owning my own place. Someday I do hope to rent one again, though.
I think it depends on how many homes you own. Have your people check on that.
You own people? Dude, you must be rolling in dough… I don’t own any people. Maybe one day I hope to. (unless it’s illegal to do so, or something.)
Twelve years ago, my mom bought a house in a neighborhood that was about 2/3 built and was very blue collar. She’s a teacher, our neighbor to the right was a cop, to the left were grocery store workers, across the street was a nurse, next to them a construction worker, two doors down a firefighter. Then they put in a very upscale development on the land next door to us and all of a sudden those who couldn’t afford the upper-six figure prices for McMansions bought up all the undeveloped tracts in our neighborhood. The house has tripled in value, even with the recent housing market woes. Now the neighbors across the street are two married lawyers with adorable adopted twins, and the construction worker and his fam were replaced by an accountant. It’s kind of sad. On the other hand, I guess my mom’s not a schoolteacher anymore…
No, no, the depreciation is too high. Leasing’s the way to go.
“Educational Engineer Youth Specialist ?” 
Hah.
No… principal. Also, on all her mail from me, “Dr. Mom.”
Very depressing. Because I’m culturally upper middle class (thanks, parents!), but my bank account is nowhere near it… one day. When I’m not in grad school. Maybe. 
ROFL, maybe their people can check with McCain’s people 
I composed for two hours today and didn’t hate what I came up with!
So when ask what I want to be when I grow up, I tell them this?
That sounds so fancy, so respected I just might be able to get a higher pay raise.
BTW: my video game Buffy TVS for Xbox came today & I’m officially part of the 76th Battalion for the firefly verse. The only thing to make today better is a caramel frappacino with extra caramel. For free.
Would I get paid more with that title? Everyone seems to think teaching is easy.