Can it really be time to jostle madly queue up politely for the White House Easter Egg Roll again?
Why, yes. Now through Feb. 28, you can sign up for the lottery to get free tickets for the April 5 event.
Things look a little different from last year's signup, when tickets were offered for one day online.
Do you remember what happened on this blog that day? Hundreds of comments poured in from people who were desperately, desperately trying to get Easter Egg Roll tickets. They refreshed the White House site all day, but many came up empty-handed in the end.
This time, you register ahead of time at a different site -- recreation.gov. Here are the rules for 2010 from the official White House site:
"Entries for the 2010 White House Easter Egg Roll Online Lottery will be accepted from Thursday, February 25 through Sunday, February 28. One entry per person may be submitted at anytime during the lottery period. All entries will have an equal chance of being selected.
"The lottery will be run on March 1. Lottery results will be available starting Thursday, March 4, 2010 at recreation.gov."
Sounds much more civilized. If you're trying to go this year, I'd love to hear about how your application process goes.
*Tip of the hat to @CharmCityMa on Twitter, whose tweet alerted me to this news.
(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)