First, The Forecast:

Once again, we're having trouble getting rid of the clouds, thanks to
persistent low-level moisture.  At least it's Friday!  And it's the last Friday in
October.  Mostly cloudy skies for the rest of the day.  Peeks of sunshine take
us into the lower sixties this afternoon.

The early call on Halloween (which is also the first home game of the Series):
Cloudy skies, and a high temperature of 73-degrees.   The concern comes in
the evening hours.  That's when the showers are set to begin.

Super Big Sunday!!
Eagles vs. Giants at 1:00 pm at the Linc:  A stray shower...clouds giving way to sun, temp: 56.
Phillies vs. Yankees at 8:00 pm:  Dry and very chilly, temps falling through the 40s.

Monday:
Phillies vs. Yankees at 8:00 pm: Cool and dry, again in the forties.

Memory Walk:
Join FOX 29 and the Alzheimer's Association as we battle against this terrible disease.
We’ve been teaming up on this effort for almost a decade now, and we still need your
help.

Did you know that Philadelphia is the metropolitan area with the highest
concentration of older persons in the United States?
This means that, by the year 2050, our area could have more than 550,000 people
with Alzheimer's disease!
The Alzheimer's Association provides funds for vital programs and services.
The annual Memory Walks raise awareness of this imminent epidemic and funds
 to assist those afflicted, and their caregivers, in the Delaware Valley.
There are two more Memory Walks scheduled, and the FOX 29 Team will be out there
 with you.  Join us on:

November 15th at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia
I plan to be there, too.  Here’s where you can register.
Hope to see you our remaining Memory Walk!

Today’s Trivia:

• Today is National Candy Corn Day.

• Today is Frankenstein Friday, the day to honor Frankenstein's "mother" and "father,"
 Mary Skellely, the author who created him, and Boris Karloff, the actor who immortalized him.

• Today is National Buy a Doughnut Day.

• Today is Try On Your Halloween Costume Early Day. Go ahead, see how cool or goofy you look.

On this date in . . .

1938: Actor Orson Welles stirred a national panic with his radio drama "The War of the Worlds." Listeners believed the "simulated" news bulletins in the drama were real and that Grovers Mill, New Jersey, actually was being invaded by men from Mars.

1945: The U.S. government announced the end of shoe rationing.

1974: Muhammad Ali regained the world boxing title by knocking out heavyweight champ George Foreman in Zaire. Twenty years later Foreman won the title again.

1976: Jane Pauley became a news co-anchor on NBC’s "Today" show.

1984: Ghoul Freddy Krueger slashed his way across the movie screen in the first Nightmare on Elm Street.

Happy Birthday to:
 singer Grace Slick 70;
 singer Otis Williams (The Temptations) 68;
 actor Henry Winkler 64;
 actor Harry Hamlin is 58;
 singer T. Graham Brown 55;
 actor Kevin Pollak 51;
 singer Gavin Rossdale 42;
 actress Nia Long 39;

Surprise:
Want some ideas for fun stuff to do with your family, or with a special someone?
   
If so, we have a fantastic hook-up with phillyfunguide.com.  It's an awesome place
to check out activities throughout the whole area, all in one place.

Each day, we’ll provide a surprise something to do for you.
I love alliteration, so I’m calling it the Sue Serio Surprise, and you’ll find one
almost every day here on my blog.

Sue Serio
10/30/09

"I try to dumb down out there. They tell you to stay within yourself, so
that's what I do. Mentally, I'm not gonna out-think myself to often."
-John Kruk