Queen Bee Assassination By Honey Bee Kill Squad!
FRED SAVE THE QUEEN! A fellow organic beekeeper, Fred, posted this amazing video on YouTube. Background for non-beeks: “Balling” is the beekeeping term for “assassinating the Head of State.” When bees decide to commit regicide and bump off the queen bee for whatever reason, they form the bee version of a firing squad (so everyone [...]
The Uniform Project
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Bring It On 10th Anniversary Screening
Last night Ain’t It Cool News programmed a special 10th Anniversary screening of one of my films at The New Beverly Cinema, which was super fun and super flattering! One of my boyfriend’s only flaws was that he had never seen Bring It On. He finally saw it last night with me and now is [...]
Star Trek: The Next Generation Of Re-gifting
Almost two years ago I sent a set of Star Trek Figurines as a surprise gift to The Non-Consumer Advocate who is an intractable sci-fi geek. (Sorry, gentlemen, she’s taken–and not in The Fourth Kindof way). Today she sent me this photograph: With this explanation: I took the family to go see the fantastic “Star [...]
Sometimes I Doubt Your Commitment To Sparklemotion
One of my very favorite things about my Hollywood job is my ability to call up artists who I respect, and actually have them agree to have lunch with me. One of my favorite actors (and favorite humans) is Beth Grant, who always turns in an amazing performance even if she has no dialogue. Even [...]
June Food Stamp Challenge: Pommes De Terre-ibles
Amazing. We are actually out of bread. Typically, this situation wouldn’t warrant a second thought, but according to my boyfriend, not buying bread for another 48 hours because we are over-budget on our $202 June food budget is a serious, serious problem. At least that’s how he made it sound tonight in the car when [...]
June Food Stamp Challenge: Mini Farms Are The Future
This morning I attended the monthly Backwards Beekeeping club meeting at Farmlab in downtown Los Angeles. On the way out, one of the farmlab-ers offered me a free varigated flax plant, that’s going right into my front yard (YAY!) and a mulberry start. I have no idea where I’m going to plant the mulberry tree…yet, [...]
