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The Saturday Round-Up: 15 items from this week

Fifteen cool/interesting/useful items from the past week. There will be a quiz.

 1. 
We checked out the
[
 Perseid meteor shower
](http://ottawastart.com/cool-time-lapse-video-of-perseid-meteor-shower-taken-at-meech-lake/)
.
  


 2. 
Lots of great suggestions from Twitter readers and blog readers for
[
 Ottawa's best pizza
](http://ottawastart.com/candidates-for-ottawas-best-pizza/)
.

 3. 
I suggested that we rename Carling Avenue "
[
 Egg Roll Avenue
](http://ottawastart.com/ottawas-best-eggrolls-besides-golden-palace/)
".

 4. 

 
  
   Don't go quitting your day job, but you can get paid for
   [
    portraying Captain Morgan
   ](http://twitter.com/ottawastart/statuses/20903592783)
   .
  
 


 5. 
OC Transpo
[
 had a rough week
](http://twitter.com/ihateoctranspo)
.

 6. 
PM Stephen Harper
[
 played ping pong
](http://www.michaelbuble.com/media/photos)
with Michael Buble.

 7. 
CBC weatherman
[
 Ian Black
](http://twitter.com/blacksweather)
says

 
  
   we have already received more rain this month than what would be normal for the entire month.
     

  
 


 8. 

 
  
   Joke:
   [
    City approves gateway arch for Westboro
   ](http://ottawastart.com/fake-friday-city-approves-gateway-arch-for-westboro/)
     

  
 


 9. 

 
  
   No joke: New
   [
    soccer statue gateway
   ](http://blogs.canoe.ca/cityhall/general/soccer-statues/)
   on Preston Street.
     

  
 


 10. 

 
  
   Cool
   [
    graffiti wall
   ](http://twitter.com/ottawastart/status/20666512569)
   at the Ottawa Mission.
     

  
 


 11. 

 
  
   Ikea has a great sale on
   [
    meatballs
   ](http://twitter.com/ottawastart/status/20668655094)
   .
  
 


 12. 

 
  
   There are a surprisingly high number of
   [
    yellow houses
   ](http://centretown.blogspot.com/2010/08/more-yellow.html)
   downtown.
     

  
 


 13. 

 
  
   A Gatineau McDonald's burned down and for the most part we
   [
    refrained
   ](http://twitter.com/ottawastart/status/21030366423)
   from snarky comments.
     

  
 


 14. 

 
  
   Possibly for the first time in Ottawa history,
   [
    puppets cause a traffic jam
   ](http://twitter.com/jennyjag/status/20651869326)
   .
  
 


 15. 

 
  
   And finally, the Ottawa Citizen has appointed Glen McGregor as their "
   [
    Social Media Editor
   ](http://twitter.com/glen_mcgregor/status/20998859717)
   ".