Ugh. I really wish I owned a heating pad. I never think of these things until I need them, and them I'm too broken down by pain to go out to look for one. By the time I'm in a Target and see a heating pad, I'll feel better and therefore forget that Cramp!Allyson will need one at a future date, but NoCramp!Allyson has no pity for Cramp!Allyson and will tell the whiny bitch that the 40 bucks is better spent on a Shaun of the Dead DVD and a couple of throw pillows.

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Scott and I just watched "The Story So Far," or whatever the little catch-up episode of BSG was, and we're definitely intrigued, possibly hooked.

What season are they on? Is there is a place to get recaps/primers that are (much) shorter than TWoP's? How do people tell all the boys apart?

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Allyson, I wish I could send you my heating pad. I finally used it for the first time this week, for the crick in my neck and my really tight neck/upper back muscles. I was surprised the cat didn't try to use it for a pillow, but I guess it was too hot for her.

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Scott and I just watched "The Story So Far," or whatever the little catch-up episode of BSG was, and we're definitely intrigued, possibly hooked.

Woohoo! One of us, one of us!

What season are they on?

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Is there is a place to get recaps/primers that are (much) shorter than TWoP's?

Dunno this one.

How do people tell all the boys apart?

Apollo: Cute short one. Flirts with Starbuck. Helo: Cute tall one. In love with Cylon. Chief: Cute stocky one. Dated Boomer.

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I never think of these things until I need them, and them I'm too broken down by pain to go out to look for one.

And then you'll get one and it will sit in your closet until one day when you really need it and you discover that last time you ironed (eons ago) you put a hot iron down on the cord and melted it.

Not that I'm wishing this on you. In the meantime, dampen a bath towel in hot water or microwave it and shove it in a gallon ziploc or trash bag. Ain't ideal, but it works.

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If I believed in an afterlife, I would expect there was a special place in hell for people who vandalize volunteer fire stations, completely destroying them to the point of uselessness.

Yeah, that is right. Some no-fucking-name-vile-enough destroyed a fire station full of equipment that is normally left unguarded cause it is used by volunteer Fire Fighters who risk their lives without pay to help others.

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Allyson, don't spend $40--buy a microwave rice bag type for cheap. You can find them at mall kiosks and stuff for like $10. And they have herbal ones that smell GREAT when you heat them up. And you don't have to worry about an outlet or overheating so you can take them to bed with you at night.

I have three of them.

I had a friend who I wouldn't have guessed watched BSG suggest I watch it.

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Scott and I just watched "The Story So Far," or whatever the little catch-up episode of BSG was, and we're definitely intrigued, possibly hooked.

I did too, and am too, but then I watched 5 minutes of the season premiere and decided I was still missing too much, so now I have to watch the first two seasons. Maybe I'll be caught up by next season, if there is one.

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Typo, that's so awful. My parents' neighborhood is covered by volunteers (a lot of them live in it) and they seriously amaze me. I hope the community rallies to defy the ugliness.

I wonder if you could put regular rice in a pillowcase. I don't know, and would be leery of blowing up my microwave.

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I think it would work okay.

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