Still jet-lagged from our road trip tour of Ireland, we had little time to prepare for our lab party last weekend. Fortunately, it was a potluck, so we were able to play host while Westley served as the entertainment for our guests. Back at work, I’ve been contributing my share by giving a talk to a retirement community in Sun City, while also pressing forward with two research grant applications from the BrightFocus Foundation and DoD. In between, I’ve been checking out HBO’s Sharp Objects, where the strong female protagonists, haunting music, evocative locations, and immersive murder-mystery story-telling were reminiscent of Big Little Lies. This has left me little time to edit our vacation photos a.k.a. “panorama-rama”, which has taken considerably more time to photo-merge the expansive landscape sceneries. Last weekend, after our usual Farmer’s Market / Library / Dance Daze routine, Melody’s car battery died. After youtubing how to use our jumper cables, we drove around Davis to charge up and settled on Persian eats on the patio at Village Pizza, only to find that the battery died again. By the time she got the battery replaced on Monday, the Republicans had confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court in face of multiple sexual assault and misconduct accusations, leaving us feeling powerless on all fronts.