sumi, Van Doren has been Jack's supervisor since Season 1. She only appears every now and then.

I didn't know that, Kristen, about the Lynn Whitfield character. I've only been watching consistently since mid last season. I agree with your whitefont about Jack. I think the chipper is going to lead to a bigger explosion, if it happens.

Sumi, I agree with your whitefont too.

One thing I really do like about WAT is that I rarely have any certainty about where an episode is going. The victim can turn up alive, turn up dead, turn out to be the perpetrator, any given suspect could be a red herring. And any flashback can be a lie!

Yep. I kind of feel like they played it a little safe here though, since what ever happened had probably already happened by the time either was reported missing, so everything about the institutional racism was irrelevant to the actual fates of the kids.

My goodness, there are some dramatic pictures of MA (downtown Peabody in flood [link] ). Meanwhile, all 3 major networks in NC are pre-empting programming to threaten us with tornadoes.

After my nap, should I go to Trader Joe's, so that I have something to eat for dinner and can buy stuff for the F2F, which I need to give to Deb by tomorrow evening, or should I order Chinese food for dinner and wait and go to TJs on the way to work tomorrow so that I have less chance of either eating it or forgetting the food?

eta ACK, Flea. I hope everything is okay in NC, and in MA.

We had a little hail earlier, but the bad stuff is 20 miles south of us at the moment.

Now you must all be jealous, because mr. flea made us a mixed berry pie with lattice crust and homemade vanilla ice cream for Mother's day. It's gooooooood.

Yikes on the scary weather.

Sewing-types: I have a pair of sweatpants that I love, but are $26 a pair to buy. Is there any way to reverse-engineer them without taking them apart? They seem to be made of exactly 2 pieces of fabric, which makes me think they'd be wicked easy to replicate.

You would have to be sure and use a good stretch stitch on that type of fabric. Pay attention to the direction of the fabric. Straight cut or bias cut. Other than that I would think just laying them out like a pattern and adding the right amount for seams and the waist would work fine.

Perkins, good point! It's true though, that the characters have little clue as to whether or not time is of the essence. In the girl's case, the publicity brought in the previous victim of the procurer (don't know what better to call him) who definitely came forward based on what she saw. And in the case of the black kid, publicity might have gotten the friend of the junkie father's to come forward instead of the agents having to run him down, which might have moved the case forward faster. It's a tough call, either way.

I am definitely jealous of the family flea! I need someone to make me pie. And/or ice cream.

Lynn Whitfield is another one who needs to lay off the plastic surgery, huh?

I'm jealous of family flea too. We just had a lovely mother's day dinner of pork loin roast, roasted potatoes, and asparagus, with a special baked pudding for dessert. It was yummy, but the only thing is I was the one who made it. Tired now. But it was a good mother's day. The kids have been in extra adorable mode all day.

The kids have been in extra adorable mode all day.

As well they should be!

About Survivor: Whoever said Cerie must be out, and that's why they made it a cliffhanger, was right. Bummer! She's still smiley, though. Love Cerie.