We may be in the midst of a recession, but Americans still know how
to accumulate a whole lot of stuff. If you've spent the past couple of
days staring goggle-eyed at the mountains of toys under and around your
Christmas tree, you surely will relate to Kevin Keck's Babble essay, in which he bemoans the endless number of playthings his children have amassed. 
Being
a forward-thinking father, Kevin tried to attack the problem by
conducting a little experiment. After his son's fifth birthday -- a day
when people showed up bearing more gifts than the kid could possibly
ever need -- Kevin packed up all the presents and put them in storage.
He says his boy never missed them. So over the years Kevin continued to
place many of the toys his children received into storage.
Consequently, he now has a palace of unused (dare I say misfit?) toys,
a tribute to the generosity and, let's be honest, consumer-crazed
tendencies of his friends and relatives.
I applaud Kevin's actions. And the reason I applaud them is that I know I could never do the same thing.
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