i think what with the hoopla over issues like gay marriage, the war in iraq, and the presidential campaign, i've really lost sight of the more important things-- like the opening of the d.c. coyote ugly this weekend. and joel achenbach's insightful article about it:

"[The bartenders] are not skimpily dressed, at least not exactly. They wear long pants, for gosh sakes! That said, the jeans are so tight, they're epidermal. There is no flashing of thong straps, but that carries with it another tantalizing implication. This one lass, she's got a horizontal tear in her jeans right at the rump line, and one begins to ponder the possibility that some of these young ladies aren't -- how to say this politely? -- wearing much in the way of drawers."

hard-hitting!