---
title: "[OT] This year in pictures"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/12/31/ot-this-year-in-pictures.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/12/31/ot-this-year-in-pictures.html"
published: "2003-12-31T16:25:00"
updated: "2003-12-31T16:25:00"
tags: ["Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Wow. This is the most beautiful set of pictures I've seen in quite a while: The Year in pictures (via my darling wife who I miss so much it hurts as the year comes to a close here in Norway)"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# \[OT\] This year in pictures

By Roy Osherove December 31, 2003 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published December 31, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

Wow. This is the most beautiful set of pictures I've seen in quite a while:

[The Year in pictures](http://www.msnbc.com/modules/yip03/slideshow.asp?speed=lo) (via my darling wife who I miss so much it hurts as the year comes to a close here in Norway)

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[All posts in Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

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- Dec 31, 2003

    ### [Another one bites the bullet: Santo has left the building](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/12/31/another-one-bites-the-bullet-santo-has-left-the-building.html)

- Dec 30, 2003

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- Dec 30, 2003

    ### [Losing a customer](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/12/30/losing-a-customer.html)


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