Saturday Round-Up: 13 strange & wonderful Ottawa things from this week

 1. 
It rained
[
 a lot
](http://twitter.com/Biff_da_Bear/status/25977078463)
in September.

 2. 
Andrea has some great suggestions for
[
 where to see the fall colours
](http://www.quietfish.com/notebook/?p=9259)
.

 3. 
Kaitlin took a beautiful shot of fall colours on the
[
 Voyageur Pathway
](http://heartfulmouthful.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/this-weekend-22/)
.

 4. 
Saw some other nice pics, like this shot of
[
 Parliament Hill
](http://www.francisvachon.com/blog/parliament-hill-ottawa/)
, these shots of
[
 corner stores
](http://goo.gl/fb/M6HkT)
, this one from
[
 atop the Carp Fair
](http://flic.kr/p/8EdRyW)
, these ones from
[
 Chinatown
](http://bit.ly/9lToKD)
, and these ones of
[
 cupcakes
](http://bit.ly/b5x4Nw)
.

 5. 
Believe it or not, some bus drivers
[
 love their job
](http://goo.gl/fb/SgHLU)
.
  


 6. 

 
  
   Do Ottawa's mayoral candidates really write their own tweets?
   [
    Mostly, yes.
   ](http://bit.ly/9uNtxG)
     

  
 


 7. 
[
 A suggestion
](http://twitter.com/ottawastart/status/25600292095)
for the new management at the
[
 revolving restaurant
](http://goo.gl/fb/5A6O6)
downtown.
  


 8. 
Jobs you could do:
[
 Kickboxing instructor
](http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-jobs-other-Kick-Boxing-Instructor-W0QQAdIdZ232628896)
,
[
 Production Assistant at CTV Ottawa
](http://bit.ly/ar17B6)
, or a
[
 candy maker
](http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-jobs-other-candy-maker-trainee-W0QQAdIdZ231868656)
.
  


 9. 
Intentional or not, Ottawa Citizen headline writer
[
 disses U of O
](http://ottawastart.com/ottawa-citizen-headline-writer-with-a-good-sense-of-humour-or-just-a-typo/)
.

 10. 
Woman
[
 pays $5
](http://twitter.com/mpearson78/status/25874530610)
for an Ottawa Citizen newspaper.
  


 11. 
Haven't you always wanted a
[
 free monkey
](http://twitpic.com/2ti4pw/full)
?
  


 12. 
Looking forward to next month when Allan Wigney launches
[
 The Wig
](http://thewig.ca/)
.

 13. 
O'Brien removes Kryptonite from a briefcase, rendering Watson
[
 unconscious
](http://the-o-dot.blogspot.com/2010/09/watson-obrien-clash-at-fundraiser-event.html?spref=tw)
.