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I was in Target earlier today, poring over which "Star Wars"-themed LEGO set to get for my 60-year-old father for Christmas. (The plan is for my taking-one-for-the-team husband to spend some time putting together said LEGO set, thus, we hope, thwarting the usual fights my father and I get into whenever we're around each other.)

I had just decided on one when a boy of 8 or so and his mother came up the aisle. The boy saw me put the rather sizable box in my basket and immediately said to his mom, "I want a LEGO, too, Mommy! I want a LEGO box, too!"

I, mercifully child-free, scurried away to continue shopping, the little boy's pleas ringing in my ears. And I thought, Yoda was right. Fear, anger, aggression ... these lead to the dark side.

So, apparently, does seeing someone else getting a really cool-looking "Star Wars" LEGO set.