Saturday Round-Up: The best of Ottawack* this week

 1. 
A
[
 slightly better
](http://twitter.com/ihateoctranspo)
week fo OC Transpo. At least the O-Train is back online.

 2. 
[
 Ian Black
](http://twitter.com/BlacksWeather)
says we're closing in on an all-time rain record for August. (In fact we may have surpassed it by now.)

 3. 
We're having another heat wave but
[
 Ottawa beaches are officially closed
](http://twitter.com/emmagodmere/status/21878686831)
for the summer.

 4. 
[
 SuperEx
](http://ottawastart.com/superex.php)
really is crappy this year, and here's the
[
 press release
](http://ottawastart.com/story/11680.php)
to prove it.

 5. 
WANTED:
[
 Harper look-alike.
](http://twitter.com/ottawastart/status/21845302165)

 6. 
A thoughtful piece about local
[
 churches as arts venues
](http://spacingottawa.ca/2010/08/24/sacred-space-secular-use-downtown-churches-turn-to-the-arts/)
.
  


 7. 
Ottawa Citizen's Glen MacGregor discovers the
[
 worst-named edible item ever
](http://twitter.com/ottawastart/status/21845655455)
.

 8. 
Ottawa Citizen tries to one-up its Fisher/Underwood wedding stalking with
[
 even more obsessive Bieber updates.
](http://twitter.com/ottawastart/status/22127013120)

 9. 
Nobody live-blogged or live-tweeted the Gail Gavan concert at
[
 SuperEx
](http://ottawastart.com/superex.php)
.
  


 10. 
Ottawa Citizen's David Reevely is running another
[
 incredible Portraits of Bluesfest
](http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/bigbeat/archive/2010/08/24/portraits-of-bluesfest-2-the-complete-images.aspx)
series
  


 11. 
[
 DOUBLE RAINBOW!
](http://twitter.com/ottawastart/status/22127165240)

 12. 
Alan Neal is
[
 staying a while
](http://twitter.com/ottawastart/status/22043899866)
.

 13. 
Algonquin students finally got a
[
 bridge
](http://ottawastart.com/photos-construction-of-the-algonquin-college-pedestrian-bridge-over-woodroffe-avenue/)
.

 14. 
Could
[
 this
](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAV0XrbEwNc)
work as a campaign theme song for Larry?
  


 15. 
Ottawa has its own
[
 Cake Boss
](http://kidsinthecapital.wordpress.com/2010/08/22/ottawas-cake-boss/)
.

 16. 
Likely for the first and only time in history,
[
 samosa
](http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=0T9&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&q=project+samossa&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=)
was a trending topic in Ottawa on Thursday.

 17. 
Joe provided a helpful chart in the event you succumb to
[
 lost follower syndrome
](http://twitpic.com/2g7n5i)
.
  


 18. 
And finally, thanks to all of our
[
 guest bloggers
](http://ottawastart.com/search/label/guest)
. More to come next week!

Ottawack