This is kind of crazy...

Study Describes Bar at Center of Milky Way

MADISON, Wis. (Aug. 16) - After creating the most detailed analysis yet of what the Milky Way looks like, astronomers say a long bar of stars cuts on an angle through the center of the galaxy that includes the sun and planet Earth.

http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050816204409990003

sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes ya don't

I wonder if there is a door cover charge to get in?

LMAO, and you thought it was hard to get home from your local neighborhood bar at 2 AM

This story may be related, given that the researcher is from the University of Wisconsin.

http://www.wkowtv.com/index.php/news/story/p/pkid/22052