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Introducing -- wait, we don't have a name yet?

I partner with Huntsville artist Taylor McLendon to bring Canada and Alabama closer together.

Below are pictures from two rallies in Huntsville.

Photos from the April 5 protest in Huntsville

Below are photos I took last month in the same location.

Photos from the March 16 protest in Huntsville

Also? We need to settle on a name. At first I was thinking From Bama with Love but maybe that’s a little too obvious. I thought From Bama with Sarcasm but it doesn’t roll off the tongue.

From Bama with Bite: Southern Sass and Sarcasm. I kinda like that one. From Bama with Sass? I’m open to suggestions.

Taylor works out of Lowe Mill, an incredible space that I love to visit every single time I’m in town, sometimes more than once. There’s always something new and inspiring to see.

Some of Taylor's art

Among the things we discussed during this week’s episode is Alabama’s weird history of not allowing lottery and gambling. For a state where freedom is such a thing, not having lottery is… weird. In other states, they use surplus for good deeds — education being a top one. NPR has a very handy list of where that money goes, by state. The information for Ontario’s lottery profits is here.

I also fumbled the size of the city of Ottawa pretty badly even though I meant to say 800 square kilometres, not eight (duh). It turns out its size is 2,796 square kilometres, or for those who only measure in American, just under 1,080 square miles. It’s freaking big.

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