Gapers Block published from April 22, 2003 to Jan. 1, 2016. The site will remain up in archive form. Please visit Third Coast Review, a new site by several GB alumni.
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Sunday, November 3
Weather guru Tom Skilling reminds us that it doesn't always rain on Halloween in Chicago. It has only rained on 27 out of the past 50 Halloweens (and, knock on wood, soon to be 27 out of the last 51).