Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), directed by Peter Weir, follows a British warship as it hunts a French vessel across the Atlantic and around South America during the Napoleonic Wars. Russell Crowe plays Captain Jack Aubrey, a born leader who will chase his enemy to the edge of the world.
Movies
The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption (1994), directed by Frank Darabont, tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a banker sent to prison for a crime he did not commit.
Movies
Monthly update #0164 • December 2003
Monthly update 164 • December 2003 • 2003-12-01 - 2003-12-31
Monthly Updates
Nitroglycerin by Lo Hartog van Banda
Lucky Luke must guard a railway convoy carrying a crate of nitroglycerin, while saboteurs hunt it and the Daltons are sure it holds gold.
Books
Reflecting on the year 2003
Reflection on the year 2003, checking progress of the goals, and some numbers.
Journal
Merry Christmas
I understand a little more about Christmas now. The birth of Jesus was quiet but full of meaning.
Christianity
Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo (2003), directed by Andrew Stanton, tells the tale of Marlin, a clownfish who loses his son Nemo. Albert Brooks voices Marlin with worry and love. He swims the ocean to find Nemo.
Movies
Monthly update #0163 • November 2003
Monthly update 163 • November 2003 • 2003-11-01 - 2003-11-30
Monthly Updates
The Cursed Ranch by Jean Léturgie
A collection of shorter Lucky Luke tales, including a haunted ranch, a commissioned statue, a flume invention and a fortune teller mixed up with bank robberies.
Books
Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers is a British comedy series. It aired on BBC Two from 19 September 1975 to 25 October 1979. John Cleese and Connie Booth wrote it. John Cleese plays Basil Fawlty, the rude and snobbish owner of a seaside hotel in Torquay, Devon.
TV Series
Asterix and the Class Act by Albert Uderzo
It is the thirty-second book in the Asterix series. A collection of short stories that fill gaps in the series with fresh jokes and adventures.
Books
Monthly update #0162 • October 2003
Monthly update 162 • October 2003 • 2003-10-01 - 2003-10-31
Monthly Updates
The Ballad of the Daltons and Other Stories by René Goscinny
The Daltons learn they will inherit their hanged uncle's fortune only if they kill the judge and jurors who condemned him, with Lucky Luke close behind.
Books
Monthly update #0161 • September 2003
Monthly update 161 • September 2003 • 2003-09-01 - 2003-09-30
Monthly Updates
Bride of Lucky Luke by Guy Vidal
Lucky Luke must escort a wagon of mail-order brides to a town of lonely men, and one strong-willed Irishwoman ends up snared by the Daltons.
Books
Monthly update #0160 • August 2003
Monthly update 160 • August 2003 • 2003-08-01 - 2003-08-31
Monthly Updates
The Daily Star by Jean Léturgie
Luke helps the dogged young journalist Horace Greeley plant his newspaper, the Daily Star, in Dead End Gulch, where the truth makes powerful enemies.
Books
Married with Children
Married with Children is an American comedy series. It aired on Fox from 5 April 1987 to 9 June 1997. Ron Leavitt and Michael G. Moye created it. Ed O'Neill plays Al Bundy, a shoe salesman in Chicago who once scored four touchdowns in a single game at Polk High and has been going downhill ever since.
TV Series
Monthly update #0159 • July 2003
Monthly update 159 • July 2003 • 2003-07-01 - 2003-07-31
Monthly Updates
Fingers by Lo Hartog van Banda
Lucky Luke takes pity on Fingers, a charming stage magician whose itchy hands keep landing him, and everyone near him, in trouble.
Books
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), directed by Gore Verbinski, follows a blacksmith and a pirate captain as they rescue the governor's daughter from a crew of cursed pirates. Johnny Depp plays Captain Jack Sparrow, a man who staggers through danger as though the whole world is a ship in a storm.
Movies
Monthly update #0158 • June 2003
Monthly update 158 • June 2003 • 2003-06-01 - 2003-06-30
Monthly Updates
Daisy Town by René Goscinny
The story of how Daisy Town grew from empty prairie into a rowdy boom town, and how Lucky Luke is hired as sheriff to clean it up, with the four Dalton brothers among the troublemakers.
Books
Pentecost
I understand a little more about Pentecost now. The Holy Spirit came down on the first believers.
Christianity
Monthly update #0157 • May 2003
Monthly update 157 • May 2003 • 2003-05-01 - 2003-05-31