The 2012 edition of the Bloggers Annual Lotusphere Dinner (BALD) will again spontaneously erupt at Big River Grille & Brewing Works on the Disney Boardwalk, starting at 3:30pm. If you want to come but can't make it until 4pm or 5pm or 6pm or ....no worries. Just show up if you care to and when you care to and look for the geeks with beer. This is intended as a purely fun and social and informal gathering. You do not need to be a blogger. You do not need to be bald (but of couse, as any bald guy will tell you, bald is quite attractive. 'Course I didn't start saying that until I was bald.)

Suggestion: Please consider bringing cash if you can. If you and whoever else is at your table can consolidate and pay your ticket as cash and as a single ticket, that is MUCH easier on the servers. Each year we have more folks, and if people are wanting to pay individually with a credit card, it causes a bit of stress for the staff (each credit card purchase must be authorized, and so it causes quite a delay when there are 10 or 20 credit cards needing to be authorized!) These folks work hard, so let's try to help them help us to have a good time. Remember, the quicker they can process the payments, the quicker they can bring refills :) ...As the evening comes on, folks typically then migrate over to the ESPN club just a bit down the Boardwalk for Turtle's party.

Looking forward to seeing everyone. Don't be shy, please just show up and join your fellow geeks. It's really a quite friendly bunch.