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.

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.

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.

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.

I think it would work okay.

Instructions for making your own rice heating pads. I'm just too lazy to try it.

New BSG convert, too. Caught the "Story So Far" and got hooked. Just caught up on the season premiere after work. Now, I can't wait til Friday.

You're in luck, the first two seasons are out on DVD and readily available.

Totally worth it. This show is amazing.

But if someone does find a good intro spot, do post. My sis just caught the last few eps of last season and wants to catch up.

How do people tell all the boys apart?

Apollo: Cute short one. Flirts with Starbuck. Helo: Cute tall one. In love with

Okay, is Apollo's last name Adama (is he Edward James Olmos's character's son)?

Helo is the one who had the baby with Sharon!Cylon, that someone else is raising, right?

Who is Boomer? Who is the one Starbuck had to leave on (original) Caprica, but then married ?

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.

I seem to recall there being talk in anticipation of it, it around the time Firefly got the boot, so this being season three makes sense. I think I'm going to keep watching (we seem to have the episodes for this season so far, on TiVo) and buy the first two seasons worth of DVDs and catch up during reruns. There are going to be big chunks of time where Lost and Veronica Mars aren't on the air.