I think both Mark and Kelly have shown some real growth this season. I believe that Mark learned something when he went home and got to see himself the way others see him. If he's faking all the tears and softness, he deserves an Academy Award. As soon as Kelly weighed in this week and knocked him below the yellow line, he still yelled out a 'good job Kelly'. And trust me, I despised him earlier on. I don't like Roger at all and it doesn't seem like the other contestants or the host think much about him either. Maybe Dan idolized him but the maturity level on the ranch skyrocketed after Dan left and Roger didn't have anyone left buying and selling his fratboy/college football player malarkey. I think he's a bully but since he's always been a candidate to be the BL due to his size, he was given a soft edit. I think they need to reconsider what makes the BL the BL. By going just by percentage, it's unfair to those contestants who just don't have as much to lose as others. That's why I kind of like the gameplay aspect of it (which was way overdone this season) since that's the only chance some of the other contestants have but when it comes down to the final 3 or 4, there's an unfair playing field since the smaller players just can't lose the same percentage of weight and still be, well, alive and well.

yea Ali and Bernie! LOL I taped it. Boy, oh, boy, don't you think that Kelly's body was so different from when they left the ranch? Ali and Roger looked the same as when they left the ranch, just lighter, but Kelly's body really transformed! She looked Great! Interesting that Kelly and Ali both lost more % during their time at home, than Rog did. I thought for sure that if Rog was in the last 3, that he would win. But... when Ali got on the scale and was told that she needed to lose 105 lbs to be the winner, I knew she had it, because she had lost 99 lbs during the show. wow! They looked great! And Brittany, she was HOT! lol I can't believe that she lost only (only ha!) 67 or 64 lbs, viewing her before and after, it looked like a whole lot more!

We're sort of in between Frisco and Ada, but both are well east of I35, Lone Jack, and we are a bit west of it. I was watching the radar like a hawk. At about this time last year, the same places from Denton to Frisco had horrible hail storms (widespread baseball to softball sized and also tennis ball sized sort of along the edges of the bigger hail) about two weeks apart. So very many homes, cars, etc. were just demolished....and so was a lot of landscaping, gardens, etc. Ada's bigger worry was the storm that put down several funnel clouds, but I've only heard of a couple of structures being damaged. Maybe the news of more damage just isn't getting out yet. While the funnels were the feared thing that sent folks scurrying for shelter, it seems like a lot of the actual damage was more from wind and hail. Our electric co-op also has a lot of customers in the Ada area. We had about 100 homes without electricity here while they replaced poles that snapped in half, but Ada had closer to 600 when I checked the co-op's webpage outage map last night. We have a great electric co-op and I know the linemen were out working hard to restore power just as soon as the lightning was far enough away that it was safe for them to be out there. I appreciate them so much. Frisco is one of my favorite towns. It used to be a small quiet country town but has grown at a huge rate very quickly and has become so big that some folks now joke that Frisco is the big city and Dallas is the suburb. (Dallas and Dallasites don't care for this joke at all.) Even though Frisco is big and very developed, I still like it. Somehow the city leaders have worked to keep the same level of friendliness that you have in a small town, and the developers have worked hard with landscaping and such to make all the concrete development more appealing. When I want a day of shopping (which is rare) for something other than groceries and garden supplies, Frisco is my top choice of places to go. Ada is much smaller---maybe 6,000 or 7,000 people and still very rural/semi-rural. I've only been there a couple of times. I like it fine. The people there are great. I hope they can bounce back quickly from all the storm damage. I have to sing the praises of modern batteries. We were careful to have all our phones and laptop/tablet batteries charged fully before the storm hit, so even though we lost power we were not completely cut off from the world. We still were able to communicate by phone and text message, and had Facebook on and off. The internet was on and off, but off for good after the power died, and the storm knocked out the satellite TV long before the actual storm conditions arrived here. Even our fire radios were quiet for quite a while (I'm guessing they may have had a power issue or a repeater issue in town for a bit) but then they came back to life. Even without the radios we could communicate with other first responders via the GroupMe app on our cell phones. I remember the old days when you went to the tornado shelter with your flashlight and that was about it. Now we can take our cell phones, laptops, fire radios, etc. and not feel quite so cut off from civilization, and it is so much better than way. The images of car windshields and back windows completely demolished by hail are just stunning. I know we see photos like that every year---and not just in TX and OK but also from many other states, and yet, seeing them shocks me every time. The power of Mother Nature in raging thunderstorms and tornadoes is awesome indeed. We are in the Enhanced risk area again for tomorrow unless something changes. We had been in the Enhanced risk area yesterday but then they upgraded us to Moderate risk yesterday morning, so we did expect trouble. The best thing I can say is that maybe the rain will make us green up more quickly and cause a corresponding drop in the fire activity. Stay safe, everyone. This week's weather isn't looking real friendly.

Just love all of the e.e.cumming quotes. Thanks for the sunshine in our often dreary world. Deming is for me drudgery. I had to work myself through job related lectures about "14 Management Principles", 13 of which I have forgotten by now. Having a couple of professional photographers in the family, I am familiar with Ruth Bernhard"s work. The things you pick up when you are the designated typist for college students.