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Pets
Don't Use Dog Flea Prevention on Cat
Dec. 25, 2025
Q: I have a nine-pound cat named Beauty and a five-pound Chihuahua named Beast. Is it OK for me to apply half of Beast's monthly flea and tick preventive to his skin and the other half to Beauty's skin? That way, I could cut my monthly cost for flea/tick prevention in half.
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Advice
Lifestyle Questions From the Survey (Part 3)
Dec. 24, 2025
These are responses from the largest population represented in the survey, single parents whose children were at home. Confession: The issues in this section are intricate (and numerous) because of my own years as a single mom.
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Horoscopes
On a Squared Solstice
Dec. 21, 2025
The 14th-century Persian poet Hafiz wrote, "The sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.'" On the solstice, that generosity is our model.
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Horoscopes
Squared Solstice
Dec. 21, 2025
On a winter solstice boasting three cosmic squares, the fates offer games instead of treats, challenges instead of comforts, tests instead of tickets to ride.