First, The Forecast:

The weather today is as cool as Phillies' pitcher Cliff Lee.....

It's a bit damp out there this morning.  Mostly cloudy skies for the rest of the day.  Peeks of sunshine take
us into the lower sixties this afternoon.

World Series Game Two:  Dry and cool.  Temperature at the first pitch: 54-degrees.

A mix of sun & clouds on Friday.  High of 64.

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:  A stray shower...clouds giving way to sun, temp: 56.
Phillies vs. Yankees at 8:00 pm:  Dry and very chilly, temp: 47.

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. 
Hope to see you at the Philadelphia Memory Walk!

Today’s Trivia:

• Today is Internet Day, marking the first connection on ARPANET,
or what would become the Internet, between computers at UCLA and Stanford Research Center
 in California on October 29, 1969. The @ symbol was adopted in 1972 and a year later
75% of ARPANET traffic was e-mail.

• Today is National Oatmeal Day.

• Today is Republic Day in Turkey. The Republic was founded on this date in 1923.

On this date in . . .

1618: In London King James I had Sir Walter Raleigh beheaded. Sir Walter was both an explorer and a writer.
He wrote The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd, and History of the World.

1815: Songwriter Daniel Emmett was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio. During the U.S. Civil War, he wrote "Dixie."

1891: Fannie Borach was born in New York City. As Fannie Brice, she became a comic star in "Ziegfield's Follies."
 Her lead network radio role as "Baby Snooks" lasted 13 years. The play and movie "Funny Girl" was
based on her life.

1923: The musical 'Runnin` Wild' opened on Broadway. It introduced a new dance called "The Charleston."

1929: The New York Stock Market crashed as 16-million shares of stock were dumped and investors lost
 billions of dollars. The boom had ended and America faced a decade of depression.

Happy Birthday to:
 Singer Melba Moore 64;
 Actor Richard Dreyfuss is 62;
 Actress Kate Jackson 61;
 Musician Randy Jackson 48;
 Actress Joely Fisher 42;
 Actress Winona Ryder 38;
 Actress Gabrielle Union 36;

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
10/29/09

"The man who has no imagination has no wings."
-Muhammad  Ali