Why does it need to be for the long haul? Why can't you just stay friends, but date others?

Love is the condition in which the other person's happiness is essential to your own.

No, I'm pretty much indifferent to them.

A PCO (precinct committee officer) for one of the political parties has access to the voting database which shows in which elections the person has cast a ballot.

Anything that feels kind of rough to their nails is more likely to attract them - cats love to scratch coarse materials. The slicker the upholstery, the less likely they are to want to claw it. Brocades are usually pretty unattractive. I stick with leather upholstery myself - it still shows claw marks where they patch out on it jumping up, but it doesn't get shredded, and it doesn't aggravate my allergies as badly as fabric.

The best thing, though, is to observe where your cats sleep, and put a sturdy, sisal-wrapped post within convenient proximity. Cats like to stretch and scratch right when they wake up, but they will not use a post that is rickety. Sisal's a much better material for scratching than carpeting, as it seems to satisfy them more, and it doesn't teach them to claw the carpets!

Keep the claw tips trimmed; I do my three boys' nails every two weeks. If all else fails, Soft Paws can work wonders, but they're a PITA to apply.

BuSpar has been very nearly a miracle drug for me. Unlike the benzos (Valium, Klonopin, Xanax, etc.) it is non-sedating, not addictive, and not an immediate anxiolytic - its action is long-term. It takes about six weeks to work (obviously, it does nothing for an incipient panic attack), but once it starts working, one day you look around and realize you're not obsessing and freaking out anymore.

I never could really pinpoint any reason I was having panic attacks and OCD behavior, so talk therapies were not helpful for me in combatting it. But BuSpar has helped a lot. I virtually never wake up at 2 in the morning and lie awake until 5 freaking out anymore.

The Century Ballroom is showing it this Sunday:

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Jesus H. Christ.

Continuity.

Think about how many completely different governments, and Prime Ministers, there have been during Elizabeth II's reign. Who else has been privy to all the top secret data? There's something to be said for continuity. It's not always something *good*, mind you.

Stay away from the guy dressed as a flasher, and you'll be fine.