House as Scratching Post

So,  what was that I was saying about cats being a relatively inexpensive source of joy?

Well, in my defense, my furniture is cheap, and this isn't a structurally important beam or anything. Still, I know I will have earned my crazy catlady stripes (you know, like tabby stripes) once these critters scratch all the way through.  Not too much farther to go. Pretty impressive. They're all like, Scratching post? What scratching post. Oh, yeah, right; that. Anyway...