Happy Easter

   To those of you that celebrate it, Happy Easter!

   I come from a pretty non-religious family. It wasn't until I was an adult that I even understood the Christian origin of Easter Sunday. And while I do now know about it, I'll admit it is still hard for me to make room in my head for the true meaning with a memory full of all of the years of my childhood spent hunting Easter eggs, both hard-boiled and plastic!

   But I received quite a jolt of hardcore religion when I came to the last page of the main section of this morning's Post. Staring back at me was a stark reminder that "Jesus died for your sins!", brought to all subscribers not by a church, or other obviously religious organization, but rather by my wife's favorite purveyor of dirt-cheap Chinese imports..Hobby Lobby!

   Now I understand precisely why they are closed on Sundays. And I believe, perhaps, I now have some insight into their archaic "inventory" system (they use traditional, standalone cash registers, no computers!). I did some poking around and only found that the company was founded and is owned by David Green and his wife Barbara and that it operates according to biblical principles. I am not sure if staying away from computers is a biblical principle but I do suspect that perhaps the whole company is just a charity. I honestly do not know how they could possibly turn a profit or keep track of their inventory with their bargain basement prices and handwritten records!

   Now I certainly don't intend to judge, but it sure is a strange company!