It's that time of year again, time to raid your closet, figure out your craziest, wildest outfit, and parade through town to Big Chicks. Just another day in the life of Fester? No, it's Halloween!

The club's annual Halloween party will be Saturday, October 27 at Big Chicks. Dress up in costume, and you'll play for free tonight! Plus there'll be plenty of Halloween treats to munch (or if you prefer, we're sure you can find some tricks). Turn up the Ace of Spades-- the death card--on your deal, and you can reach into Paul Zehren's pumpkin and pull out out a prize ranging from $2 to $20!

We're still trying to get past the image of reaching into Paul Zehren's pumpkin...

Your weather for the week, provided by the meteorologists at WFLD-TV Fox Chicago.

TUESDAY - 58 / 40 Partly Cloudy
WEDNESDAY - 59/ 43 Partly Cloudy
THURSDAY - 57/ 42 Partly Cloudy
FRIDAY - 60/ 42 Partly Cloudy
SATURDAY - 58/ 42 Partly Cloudy
SUNDAY - 55/ 38 Sunny

As of this writing, there were something like 14 zillion presidential candidates vying for your affections (and of course, your money). The folks at USA Today have made it even easier to figure out who best represents your views with a simple, interactive quiz. You may be surprised to find out you're less Hillary and more Mitt -- or even less Rudy and more Dennis.

Click here to take the Presidential Match Game.

October 27 - Halloween Party

November 4 Daylight Savings Time Ends, and Sunday Euchre Playtime Returns to 5 p.m. November 24 - After-Thanksgiving Potluck December 2 - Annual Holiday Party!

Congratulations to the following recent winners!

Tuesday, Oct 16 - Dave Judy with a 52!

In honor of our upcoming Halloween Party, we present to you a monthlong look at some of the scariest films of all time . . . re-enacted by animated bunnies. Yes, it's cooler than it sounds.

This week, horror goes PG-13,and before you die, you see....the Ring! (No, not that</> ring, Paul!)

"Man-on-man porn is so hot!"

-A comment that would have been unsurprising had it been overheard coming from anyone other than Miss Bailey Hughes.

And look, we can re-use last week's picture!

Dear Hoyle,

I had a great time at the Tournament of Champions, but I need some clarification on what constitutes table talk. I was under the impression that there was no table talk allowed or even anything that was close to table talk, but several times, against different opponents, my opponents would say things like "Play your trump now," and "Are you sure you didn't renege?" -- thereby allowing his/her partner to remove a misplayed card and replace it with the "following suit" card. I'm as good a sport as the next guy, but where should I draw the line? What should I have done, aside from getting really pissed off?- NOCHEAT

Dear NOCHEAT:
There's table talk, and then there's table talk. What you described could certainly be called table talk.

When is table talk allowed? Never, but in the spirit of the club, where nobody should ever be out for blood, table talk can be, um, overlooked if it's used for helping out a new player (e.g. "That's the left. Did you mean to throw off?"), if it's funny (e.g. "I haven't had this many nines in my hand since last Friday at the Eagle"), or if it doesn't affect the game (e.g. "damn you -- you ruined my loaner").

Different rules apply for tournaments, however. Because these are so highly competitive and with such a large cash prize for the winner, anything that could constitute cheating -- or an unfair advantage is forbidden. If you find yourself at a table with a table talker, nicely remind them of the rules, and if that doesn't work, get a director or board member involved.

-Hoyle

If you have a question about Euchre strategy, ECC club rules, relationships or just life in general, send an e-mail to resident expert Hoyle at euchrechicago@yahoo.com. We promise all e- mails are anonymous, and the answers may just