I’m kicking myself for not thinking of this one earlier, but baby + video games might be a problem. This morning, I was speaking to a friend of mine with a 15-month old son, and asked how much gaming he has gotten in since the birth. “Um… I played Mario Galaxy for about fifteen minutes once.”

Crap.

Somewhere in the caverns of my mind, I was aware that the PlayStation and Wii…

Capitalism can be distilled through so many colloquialisms: “There’s a sucker born every minute,” “a fool and his money are soon parted,” etc. And sadly, every now and again, we all just make a stupid purchase. If we’re lucky, it’s only a loss of a few dollars; if we’re smart, it’s rare; and if we’re trying to look impressive online, we own up to it.

Yesterday, Megan and I visited Babies-R-Us for the first time, and while this was a bit of an overwhelming experience (big…