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<?
// http://kuttler.eu/code/get-a-category-nameslugid-for-a-post-or-archive-page/
function get_the_damn_category () {
	if ( is_single() ) {
	    $cats = get_the_category();
	    $cat = $cats[0]; // let's just assume the post has one category
	}
	else { // category archives
	    $cat = get_category( get_query_var( 'cat' ) );
	}
	
	/*
	$cat_id = $cat->cat_ID;
	$cat_name = $cat->name;
	$cat_slug = $cat->slug;
	*/
	
	return $cat;
}