this article just hopped right up and called my name

it struck me. i hope it strikes YOU in the very same way

there is something missing. it's just a lil' somethin' somethin' but it's missing all right.

what's missing you ax? i'll tell you

W O M E N

oh sure there's an obligatory woman bartender and a mention of bras hanging from the ceiling (are you getting what i'm trying to say???????????)

anyway, in this day and age, from a 'good' newspaper no less, no mention of women. i guess women don't have unemployment problems or go out for a drink to relax.

silly me! (oh and the article APPEARS to be written by a woman as well. making it WORSE)

Happy Hour and a Harley Help Weather Recession
Leesburg Tavern Regulars Look Out for One Another

By Tara Bahrampour

Washington Post Staff Writer

One in a series about how the recession is touching lives.

It's the end of the workday, and the Leesburg courthouse is bathed in yellow sunlight. The guys who ride Harleys are drinking beers in a bar whose motto, in neon, reads: "Better off here than across the street."

They believe this. Better off here than in the courthouse, and better off here than in the darker places a man can get caught when times are tough..............