Bill Nye the Science Guy has filed a temporary restraining order against his ex-non-wife, author Blair Tindall, in Los Angeles Superior Court. Nye's filing—and the response from Tindall—tell a tawdry tale of mysterious liquids, poisoned gardens, and late-night visits from a troubled, black-clad woman.

Blair Tindall describes herself as a "recovering oboist." She authored Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music, a well-reviewed account of the life of a classical music freelancer working in New York. Tindall and the bow-tied Science Guy hooked up in 2005 after Nye (whose entertainment career began when he won a Steve Martin look-alike contest) took a shining to Tindall's book and got in touch with the author. A chemical reaction ensued and the pair bonded in holy matrimony in February 2006. Or so it seemed. Even though their service was presided over by purpose-driven Pastor Rick Warren, the marriage certificate for Tindall and Nye was apparently invalid.

Their suspension of art and science blew up like a bad lab experiment. By the time she allegedly appeared in Nye's backyard "dressed in black and wearing a black hat" with "two plastic bottles filled with some sort of solvent" that she intended to use to kill flowers and plants in the garden, Tindall had been through a mess. She was hit by a car while riding her bicycle, lost her father, moved cross-country and back again, and been forced to endure an episode of the reality show about green-happy actor Ed Begley, Living With Ed.

In her response to Nye's restraining order, Tindall says that she says she is "no longer angry" at him, and has "moved on emotionally in all respects." To check out the late-night garden wrecker's demo video as a speaker, creative consultant, and motivator take a look at Tindall's YouTube profile. Elsewhere on that site you can also see a portion of the ill-starred faux wedding that led to the Ed Begley-watching and ultimately, the plant-killing (which surely made Mr. Begley, and Mother Nature, shed a tear).