THE FIFTH COLUMN

"This column is dedicated to the proposition that Canada (and indeed the world) is in a crisis situation and that fundamental social change is required to remedy this situation." - The First Column, Lambda November 2, 1971 This blog is inspired by my column of the same name in the Laurentian University Newspaper, Lambda, from 1971-1973. The title refers to the concept of subverting the system from within. To read key excerpts from those columns read the first few posts in this blog.

2023-04-29

Annual Report on Kanata South Pathways Deterioration, Spring 2023

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Another year has gone by and it is time to report again on the deterioration of the Bridlewood and Glen Cairn pathways in Kanata. Bridlewood...
2023-04-14

More Fun With Photo Editing

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I imagine most people have a favourite photo editor that they use for all their photo editing. Sometimes I like to mix it up and use differe...
2023-03-17

Translating the Negativity of Today’s Right Wing into the Reality of Their Beliefs

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Today’s right wing loves to express itself in terms of what they hate, seeming to lack any positive messages. When you turn their negativity...
2023-03-10

Object Removal with Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023 – The De-urbanization of a Pond

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Back in the day, Inpaint used to be the standard for removing objects from digital photographs. Then I discovered Photo Stamp Remover whic...
2023-03-05

Why Mastodon

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So why did I open a Mastodon account and why do I think Mastodon can replace Twitter. I started looking for alternatives to Twitter s...
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2023-02-27

COVID-19 Pandemic Reflections and The Next Pandemic

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Well the pandemic is over, at least according to most governments, science and medicine not so much. So now it is time to look back, and to...
2023-02-12

Photo Versions Created with Franzis Black & White Projects

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Back in the day, not my day but the day, cameras were not an app on your phone but bulky and heavy apparatus with explosive flash powder tha...
2023-01-24

Photo Versions Created with Franzis Color Projects

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Way back in the day when I used to be a member of the  Camera Club of Ottawa and we met at the NRC building on Sussex Drive the most usual...
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Richard W. Woodley was born in Sudbury, Ontario in 1950. He earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Laurentian University where he was the News Editor of the student newspaper Lambda and active in student politics. He was active in the New Democratic Party and Waffle in Sudbury and Kanata, as well as Kanata municipal politics. He was a member of the Bridlewood Residents Hydro Line Committee (BRHLC) and creator of the now archived Bridlewood Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) Information Service. He worked on Parliament Hill for 33 years indexing the Debates of the House of Commons (Hansard) and it's committees. Richard has been an outdoorsperson and environmentalist for most of his life and a life long cyclist.
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