Right side of menu bar hidden after 2nd monitor disconnect

Hello, When I disconnect my 30" external monitor from my MacBook Pro, the far right side of my menu bar disappears -- the part with the clock and battery information, bluetooth menu and various other little doodads. How do I get the menu back?
Also, is there anyway to keep this from happening?
When the monitor is attached, I have it set up so the menu bar goes on the monitor, as well as the Dock.
The Dock resizes perfectly when I disconnect the external monitor. It's just the menu bar that's screwy.
I'm running an up-to-date version of OS X 10.5.2.

This is how Apple's marketing materials describe the process of hooking up an external monitor to a MacBook Pro:
"Connect an Apple Cinema Display to expand your desktop and lose nothing in translation."
--http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/features.html
This is false advertising. You lose your clock, WiFi menu, Time Machine menu, Spotlight and more in the translation.
This is a very real bug.

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