tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653992368546779574.post3366785966330813733..comments2024-01-30T02:37:28.387-06:00Comments on Notes from a Jewish Thoreau: Stirring up a hornet's nest -- literally!Yonassan Gershomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07918610823274529036noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653992368546779574.post-8160120887485945982014-01-29T21:19:31.456-06:002014-01-29T21:19:31.456-06:00Thanks for the marvelous posting! I certainly enjo...Thanks for the marvelous posting! I certainly enjoyed reading <br />it, you will be a great author. I will make certain to bookmark your blog and definitely <br />will come back someday. I want to encourage you to continue your great job, have a nice weekend!<br /><br /><br />my weblog; <a href="http://ideacodes.ucoz.org/" rel="nofollow">Childrens Place Coupons</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653992368546779574.post-67494666231199966232013-09-10T18:21:16.168-05:002013-09-10T18:21:16.168-05:00Cipher: Dr. Schwartz is one of the most patient p...Cipher: Dr. Schwartz is one of the most patient people I know. I give him kudos for handling hecklers a lot more gracefully than I do:)<br /><br />RE: Youtube videos, we never know the seeds we plant. A person has to speak out even if nobody is listening.<br /><br />RE Orthodoxy, I know both good and bad (Dr. Schwartz is Modern Orthodox, BTW.) I believe one should never join a religion because of the people -- that is too culty for me. Ditto for any other cause. But then, I'm more of an idea person than a socializer. <br /><br />Yonassan Gershomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07918610823274529036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653992368546779574.post-29340089898175321722013-09-04T11:37:06.467-05:002013-09-04T11:37:06.467-05:00I meant to say the bald faced hornets made the nes...I meant to say the bald faced hornets made the nest not paper wasps. These little creatures are great cleaning up debris. There was a dead shrew in the driveway and the wasps were right there cleaning up.JoAnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653992368546779574.post-16391555742080127082013-09-04T06:41:55.394-05:002013-09-04T06:41:55.394-05:00Saw your recent video on YouTube. Very well done. ...Saw your recent video on YouTube. Very well done. Unfortunately, I don't think it will convince anyone in its target group. To them, Yiddishkeit is only what their rebbaim tell them it is.<br /><br />Did you see Dr. Schwartz's article on JPost, put up a couple of days ago? <br /><br />http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-Features/What-does-Rosh-Hashana-have-to-do-with-vegetarianism-325040<br /><br />Every time he posts, the reactionary right wing frum trolls come out of the woodwork to tell him he doesn't know what he's talking about. I don't know where he finds the patience to deal with them. I find them contemptible.<br /><br />I think I've told you that after decades of searching, I came away a convicted atheist (which raises theological problems in itself, but we needn't go there) - however, if I did believe, I'd stay far away from Orthodoxy. I simply can't abide most of the people (and that includes the Modern Orthodox, and no, I'm not basing this upon the ravings of a few cretins online). If Orthodoxy does represent absolute truth, I'd quite literally rather go to gehinnom.<br /><br />Shana tova, Rabbi.Jeff Eygeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967707883565162538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653992368546779574.post-53644037467443511692013-09-03T18:32:24.126-05:002013-09-03T18:32:24.126-05:00Actually, wasps and hornets are very beneficial fr...Actually, wasps and hornets are very beneficial fr the garden --they are predators of many garden pests, including cabbage worm caterpillars. Some are also pollenators, and with the honeybee shortage lately, we need all of those we can get. So we don't kill them unless they are posing a danger to people (such as being right over the door.) The paper wasps make nests under the eaves of the house every year, and I just let them be. <br /><br />After the frost kills them naturally, I remove the empty nests and believe it or not, I sell them on ebay! Science teachers and collectors want them for displays. And since I did not spray them with anything, they are safe for kids to handle. Yonassan Gershomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07918610823274529036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653992368546779574.post-58634558749292929412013-09-03T17:55:22.427-05:002013-09-03T17:55:22.427-05:00This has been a bad year for wasps and yellow jack...This has been a bad year for wasps and yellow jackets here in Northeastern Washington. We have a paper wasp nest in our cupboard in the garage--it's not round shaped it's kind of L-shaped since it had bottles in the way. Jim was going to kill them but then he figured so far he hasn't needed anything in there so he let them be till they're gone. Hoping for good karma in not killing them: ) JoAnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com