Fred Langa

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Boston Habah 180 panorama under pre-Jose skies. Right to left: Boston Navy Yard, the Bunker Hill Monument, the Cassin Young, the USS Constitution, the Museum of Science Zakim Bridge, TD Garden,...

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/09/boston-habah-under-pre-jose-skies-180.html

I recently traveled to Wyoming for the eclipse (very nice; we had a great clear-sky viewing location in the high desert, virtually dead center in the totality band, far from any crowds). Afte...

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/09/i-recently-traveled-to-wyoming-for.html

A 2017-08-02 bike ride along the Charlestown Harborwalk led to a pleasant surprise; I got to see an unpublicized move by the 223-year-old USS Constitution. The move also required that the Cassin ...

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/08/boston-harborwalk-biking-surprise.html

"Trump wants you to focus on Sessions, Clinton, and Scaramucci this week.  You need to focus on health care, health care, and health care." Check out @ChrisMurphyCT's Tweet: https://twitter.c...

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/07/eye-on-ball.html

Climate change? Nah. Nothing to see here...  (New all-time Maine record: 7 tornado warnings, 4 actual tornadoes in one day.) http://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/article_popover.aspx?guid=032...

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/07/climate-change-nah-nothing-to-see-here.html

Check out @BitsieTulloch's Tweet: https://twitter.com/BitsieTulloch/status/881659429787058176?s=09

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/07/how-grownups-handle-criticism.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/06/28/trumps-bogus-time-cover-the-fake-news-that-launched-an-army-of-memes/?tid=ss_fb&utm_term=.9f002fcfe1a5

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/06/some-pretty-good-fake-covers-here.html

Trump lawyer's firm steered millions in donations to family members, files show https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/27/trump-lawyer-jay-sekulow-donations?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Blogger

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/06/government-of-corrupt-by-corrupt-for.html

Check out @RubenBolling's Tweet: https://twitter.com/RubenBolling/status/870289948729061377?s=09

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/06/here-we-go.html

Trump: No Politician 'Has Been Treated Worse Or More Unfairly' Than Me Presidents assassinated 1 Abraham Lincoln 2 James A. Garfield 3 William McKinley 4 John F. Kennedy Serious assassin...

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-ignorance-is-astonishing.html

I was out walking and passed a storefront where two employees were looking concernedly at the sidewalk. One stooped to pick something up. The other said, "Ugh, don't touch it!" I got closer a...

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/05/you-know-youre-old-when.html

I was surprised to learn to that the likely first restaurant in America opened in in 1793 in what is now Boston’s Post Office Square. I was further surprised to learn that the word “res...

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/05/exploring-boston-where-was-first.html

The winner of a contest to name this small body of water did not disappoint.

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/04/wet-spot-dry-humor.html

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/04/i-wonder-what-exactly-is-target.html

Surprise! This week, over 20% of the world's  endangered North Atlantic right whales suddenly showed up  in Cape Cod Bay. http://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/article_popover.aspx?guid=915f2...

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/04/a-gathering-of-whales.html

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/04/words-to-live-by.html

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/04/sync-it-up-nicely.html

TIL a new word, relevant to the news. “Paltering’’: deceiving others with the creative assembly of accurate statements. http://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/article_popover.aspx?guid=d70...

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/03/til-new-relevant-word.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/MarchAgainstTrump/comments/603yoc/angela_merkel_now_understands_how_the_rest_of_us/

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/03/watch-her-double-take.html

https://twitter.com/lisang/status/843095867565457408?s=09

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/03/merkel-and-trump.html

Trump is on pace to cost more in one year than Obama did during his entire presidency. https://www.reddit.com/r/Fuckthealtright/comments/5zxpo7/trump_is_on_pace_to_cost_more_in_one_year_than/

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/03/but-let-cut-meals-on-wheels-first-ok.html

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/03/something-tells-me-this-may-not-be.html

https://twitter.com/morninggloria/status/838907799040114694?s=09

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/03/much-better.html

I was pounding out my usual exercise loop today, up the modest hill of “Waitt’s Mount” and back, when I saw a hawk land in a tree while carrying something in its left talon. Short video: ...

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2017/03/hawks-lunch.html