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15 Comments for 'The Spider and the Wasp'

1. On September 5, 2008 @ 9:42 am Michael said:

   • “Man wins.” I love it.
     I was teaching my son about ants, so I put a grasshopper in an anthill.
     My wife was not amused.

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2. On September 5, 2008 @ 12:07 pm Jason said:

   • Statistics and probability would point to the spider being the victor of the day. While a wasps sting can be fatal to those that are alergic, typically there is nothing fatal about it’s poison. The venom of a spider, on the other hand, coupled with the suffocating wrap that spiders employ while subduing their enemies, would ultimately led to a dead wasp and a tired, beat up spider.

     Thanks Greg, for prematurely ending what may have been the greatest bout since Foreman – Ali.

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3. On September 5, 2008 @ 12:48 pm Will said:

   • As a member of P.E.T.S.A.W. (People for the Ethical Treatment of Spiders And Wasps) I detest and renounce your action as you destroy the delicate balance of nature, thus contributing to gloabal warming and…wait a minute…. Is that a Guy riding a cloud of fire in the sky? Gotta go…
     By the way, I hereby resign my membership in P.E.T.S.A.W……

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4. On September 5, 2008 @ 10:14 pm Becky said:

   • Hey Greg,
     That was entertaining. =]

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5. On September 6, 2008 @ 7:05 am Heather said:

   • It’s God’s grace and mercy and love that keeps Him from doing the el-crush-a-you and that’s just awesome! In spite of how flawed we are He still desires to work in us and through us and ALL for His glory!!!!

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6. On September 6, 2008 @ 5:12 pm Jason said:

   • I hereby nominate and vote myself in as President of the New P.E.T.S.A.W.

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7. On September 6, 2008 @ 6:34 pm neva said:

   • Well, once again I am not surprised that you smushed the bugs. I definitly see this coming up in Kailey’s therapy session when she is about 30. “I just remember my Dad crushing two bugs and running around the yard with his arms in the air yelling that he won, he is the man, and that no one can defeat him. After the neighbors all came out of their homes he ran even faster and yelled louder!”. lol!

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8. On September 7, 2008 @ 7:42 am Greg Stier said:

   • Whats truly scary is that I think Kailey would have smashed the bugs if I had not. Perhaps we will be in therapy together.

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9. On September 7, 2008 @ 3:48 pm John Byrne said:

   • Greg,
     I don’t know if you saw channel seven news the other night, but in case you didn’t you might be interested in this: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/17405804/detail.html?rss=den

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10. On September 7, 2008 @ 10:02 pm diamondbackmike2004 said:

    • hey greg, this has nothing to do with your spider/wasp story (they both die, did it in biology class) but i am 18 and just graduated from highschool and am going into the colorado army national guard and was to be gona all summer but i had some complications with a previous football injury thats had me down and out…well this is the time of year when people go off to colleage. so comming from captian obvious himself all my friends are gone. and im lonley and the lonlier i am getting i feel like im drifting away from God. just this morning i decided that my sleep was more important than church. i just feel like im swirling around in this toilet bowl of helplessnes and cant get out. when i go to church i miss all my friends and thats all i can focus on and i get even more lonley.
      help,
      mike

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11. On September 7, 2008 @ 10:11 pm Heather said:

    • I have dibs on the vice presidency of P.E.T.S.A.W!!!!

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12. On September 7, 2008 @ 10:28 pm Dana said:

    • lol I was actually just thinking of this the other day! It’s about that time when the grasshoppers will be swarming our bike trails again. Last year I kind of played chicken with them seeing how close I could get before they would get out of the way, occasionally one didn’t pay attention and died. Oops! I almost did that the other day then started thinking, “Why do we have this cruelty to kill something so much smaller than us or enjoy torturing ants (detouring them from their path…we’ve probably all done that).” I’m glad I’m not alone. Of course, you probably did it to stop both of their sufferings. Thanks for the support group.

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13. On September 8, 2008 @ 2:06 pm Will said:

    • Jason and Heather
      As President amd VP of P.E.T.S.A.W., you may want to incorporate and protect your positions so that you can’t be deposed by the radical element in the movement.
      Mike, I know a TON of yur brothers and sisters in Christ are interceding for you, praying for an AWESOME friend to come along side you and remind you what an Incredible Warrior and Child of the King you are, buddy. Keep hangin’ in, Mike!

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14. On September 9, 2008 @ 3:11 pm Caitlin Buchanan said:

    • That made me laugh…I’ve seen spiders and REALLY big ant’s duke it out, but never a wasp…I have a problem though…at school we have to stand and say the pledge. But…I’m the only one who says it. It makes me feel…I dunno…like a moron. And recently one girl told me I was a moron for saying and I quote “That stupid, out dated thing!” I really irked me off. The teacher did say it today, but I think I shamed her into saying it…I want to tell the school why the pledge is important, but I don’t know how…without making myself look like a total moron…Thanks again,

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15. On September 12, 2008 @ 2:27 pm Adam said:

    • Greg – I know you are deathly afraid of spiders, but did you have to kill them both? Next thing you will be moving up to small rodents, or prairie dogs. You should get stickers for your car for everytime you run over a prairie dog, like they used to do in WWII…haha that would be kinda funny.

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