Reflecting on the year 2003
Reflection on the year 2003, checking progress of the goals, and some numbers.
Journal
2003
54 posts
Merry Christmas
I understand a little more about Christmas now. The birth of Jesus was quiet but full of meaning.
Christianity
Super Trouper by ABBA
ABBA's 1980 release, bright, well-built pop songs. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
Music
World Service by Delirious?
The British band Delirious? balance arena rock and honest worship on this ambitious 2003 album about grace.
Music
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
Masters of Chant Chapter IV by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2003 album reworks famous pop and rock songs as solemn neo-Gregorian chant for a choir of voices.
Music
Collide by Skillet
Skillet's 2003 record where they sharpen into a heavier rock band while keeping faith at the centre.
Music
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
Casting Crowns by Casting Crowns
The 2003 debut from a band of church volunteers, full of plain-spoken songs about honesty, calling, and grace.
Music
Voulez-Vous by ABBA
ABBA's 1979 release, craft and polish in every chorus. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
Music
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
Voyageur by Enigma
Enigma's 2003 album drops the Gregorian chant for a brighter, more human electronic sound about travel and change.
Music
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
Back on the Streets by Gary Moore
Gary Moore's 1978 release, guitar-led music with real feeling. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.
Music
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
Hope by Hillsong Worship
Hillsong's 2003 live worship album gathers a congregation around songs of trust, including the quiet anchor Still.
Music
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