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I have a somewhat expensive mobile phone that has a lot of great extras, such as a 4 megapixel camera and video recording capabilities. These features are perfect for those times when I forget to bring my regular digital camera with me, and have already helped me preserve some fun family moments.

The only problem was that if I set my cell phone camera settings to the highest quality, the file sizes of the images became far too large to send by e-mail, which essentially meant that my pictures were stuck on my phone. In order to get around this issue, I would have to buy a microSD card to transfer the data from my phone to my computer, where I could then deal with my photos as usual. But most microSD cards I saw at stores were too expensive for my limited budget, so I simply let my phone fill to capacity with all my photos and videos and put microSD cards out of my mind.

But as I was browsing through the weekly deals at Buy.com over the weekend, I came across an amazing offer for a Kingston 2GB microSD kit. The kit contains two 1GB Kingston microSD cards, plus two full-size adapters. The microSD cards can be used in mobile phones, and then the adapters allow the microSD cards to be read in desktop and notebook computers. That’s exactly what I wanted, and best of all, the kit was on sale at Buy.com for just $11.95 with free shipping! How can anyone pass up a deal like this?!

Anyway, I’m excited about ordering this Kingston microSD card kit and can’t wait to start enjoying increased functionality from my mobile phone!

Last night’s episode of Desperate Housewives was called “Opening Doors”, and served to inch a couple of the season-long storylines forward while also starting a few new ones. I had mixed feelings about the ep, as I thought some parts were interesting but found the entire Scavo/Kayla plot completely tiresome. In fact, I think Kayla is superfluous and should just be sent away a la Danielle. But I digress.

Tom/Lynette/Kayla: Tom and Lynette are punishing the twins for setting fire to Rick’s restaurant by making them do dishes and mow the lawn. Tom also suggests taking the twins to see a psychiatrist, but Lynette balks. They just made a mistake, she says. There’s no reason to overreact.

Later on, Lynette overhears the twins saying that it was Kayla’s idea to start the fire. Lynette then confronts Kayla, who readily admits to everything in that flat, expressionless, dare-you-to-do-something tone of hers. Gah, I can’t stand that character! Lynette insists on taking Kayla to therapy, but Tom refuses this time. So of course she just goes behind his back, at which point Kayla says that if Lynette makes her talk to the shrink, she’ll also talk to the police and tell them what the boys did. Kayla wins again.

As if her victory at the shrink’s office wasn’t enough, Kayla also gets the incredibly gullible twins to believe that she jumped off the roof with an umbrella and landed with nary a scratch. So one of the twins tries it, and ends up with a broken arm. As Lynette and Tom drive off to the hospital, Kayla gives Lynette a wicked look.

Susan/Mike/Karl/Marisa: Susan goes to the first day of her new Lamaze class only to learn that Karl is in the same class with his new wife Marisa, who happens to be a young, beautiful lawyer. After getting sick of hearing how perfect Karl’s life is, Susan brings Mike to the next class and attempts to make it seem like their life is totally fantastic as well. But then Mike mentions rehab, and blows their cover. Susan later has heart-to-heart chats with both Karl and Mike, and realizes that things in her life aren’t so bad either.

Gabby/Carlos: Gabby and Carlos continue to find themselves in a financial crisis, so they decide to take in a boarder. It’s a woman named Ellie, who claims to be an art student. She has a good credit score and seems decent enough, so Gabby says she can have the extra room. Ellie pays for the first and last month’s rent up front, and signs the lease.

Then, Gabby sees a couple of different men going in and out of Ellie’s room on the first night, and also sees Ellie counting out some cash after the guys leave. This makes her think Ellie might be a prostitute, so she gets Lee to proposition Ellie in the hopes of catching her in the act (so to speak). Ellie soon discovers what’s really going on and is indignant at the supposition. But later when she’s in her room, we see that she’s actually a drug dealer.

Katherine/Dylan/Wayne: Dylan comes clean and reveals that she’s been seeing her father for the past couple of weeks. Katherine had followed Dylan, so she knew this was coming. She tells Dylan to invite Wayne in, and then sends Dylan away. Katherine tries to bate Wayne into getting angry again, but he doesn’t bite. Later, we see that Katherine had a gun ready just in case Wayne slipped into his old habits.

Bree/Orson/Edie: Bree still hasn’t forgiven Orson for trying to run down Mike. She says the only way she’ll accept him back is if he turns himself in. Orson refuses, so Bree won’t let him stay at the house. Edie offers to give a drunk Orson a ride back to his motel, but he stars whining and complaining, so Edie lets him sleep on her couch. This gives Bree the wrong idea, and she tells Edie that the situation is absolutely unacceptable. That just goads Edie into pushing things even further, so she kisses Orson the next night, but then stops him and says it would be a mistake to carry on. Unfortunately, Bree saw the kiss.

My Reaction: First, I have to harp on the Scavo storyline some more. What is the point of any of that? To show that Kayla is evil? Yeah, we knew that from the beginning. I don’t understand why this plot is even necessary unless it’s going to lead to something major, such as Kayla being sent off to juvie or Tom and Lynette getting a divorce. And as for those boys: gee, I had to wash dishes and mow the lawn on a regular basis when I was a kid, and I wasn’t being punished for anything. They Scavos are not exactly laying down the law, are they?

I thought the Bob and Lee stuff was funny, but call B.S. that those guys simply accepted Gabby’s numerous stereotypes about gays. Remember how up in arms they were over Susan’s many missteps? Not very consistent there, huh?

I couldn’t believe that was Justine Bateman playing Ellie! I thought the actress looked very familiar, but I didn’t catch the opening credits, so I missed the guest star listing. I had to check IMDb.com to find out who it was. Wow, she didn’t look all that great here… I hope it was just makeup for the role. Also, I had a hard time figuring out why this 40+ year old woman was in art school? Not saying that people that age can’t make a career change, but that just seemed like an odd choice. She doesn’t exactly scream student, you know.

Katherine, Wayne, Dylan… still couldn’t possibly care less about these people. Please, just wrap up that “mystery” and be done with it! Not interested in another triangle involving Edie, nor did I care about Susan/Mike, though it was nice to see Karl again.

I think I’m ready for this season to wrap up. I need some new storylines here!