Posted on December 25, 2010 at 09:38 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
What we have been up to for the past week or so.
Charlie was busy watching the Christmas tree being decorated. As you can see, he was no great help.
As you may have heard, we had snow in Virginia last week. It wasn't much of a storm, but winter stupidity reared it's hed once again. Seriously dude, you couldn't take thirty seconds to clean off the rear window?
Mrs. Gunfighter & Soccer Girl on the beach last night, on St. Simons Island, Ga. Aren't they beautiful?
We are leaving in a few minutes, to finish our drive to Orlando (after another walk on the beach)... See you soon!
Posted on December 23, 2010 at 09:00 AM in Scenes From My Life | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
I am excited to present to you, today, a recent interview that I conducted with one of my long-time blog pals, Jana Winters Parkin. Jana, in addition to being a wife, mother, teacher, and gifted writer, is also a water color painter and desiginer of reknown. Jana has recenlty collaborated with author Ester Rasband and illustrated a wonderful book about Christmas, called "What Think Ye of Christmas?"
Jana was good enough to send me a copy of the book, which I now treasure (thank you so much, my friend), and I would like to tell you about it, but I am not sure that I have the words. Since we are great pals, Jana consented to grant me an interview, which I am pleased to share with you, so I will get right to it.
Jana, I am excited about our interview, but even more excited about this book. I have been proud to call you friend for several years now, just because you are such a good person, but I am prouder still because of this accomplishment, so thanks for giving me the opportunity to share you with the people who read my blog!
I'm honored GF. In fact, you were one of my very first blog friends I hadn't met in real life. In fact (chuckling) I remember when you first commented on my blog, and one of my friends called me, concerned. "Did you know someone named Gunfighter is reading your blog?" I think she was concerned about my safety. :) I was happy be be able to reassure her that you are a man of faith, a father, a law-enforcer, and all-around great guy!
Well, I am glad that you weren't scared off. I'm only dangerous to some people. ;) I would like to get started by asking you to give us a little biographical information about yourself .
Although I was born and raised in the mountains of Utah, I spent most of my adult life in Los Angeles, and still consider it home. I am the mother of three amazing children, including a college freshman, a high school sophomore, and a sixth grader...about the same age as Soccer Girl, right? My husband is a filmmaker. We left the glitz and glamour of Hollywood for a more family-friendly environment (and a steadier paycheck) in Utah about six years ago. My husband teaches film production at BYU. You can see my professional bio on my website.
Indeed, Soccer Girl is a sixth grader, and we are enjoying this time immensely, as I am sure that you and your husband are. Now, I understand that although you have been a professional artist for a long time, this is the first book that you have illustrated.
Yes, I've designed other books, and have had countless illustrations published, but this is the very first book that I illustrated from cover to cover.
How did all of this come about?
It all started about four years ago, when my dad and I had an exhibit of our watercolors in a gallery in Park City. The author came to the opening, fell in love with my work, purchased a giclée of one of my paintings, and later approached me about collaborating on a book project. You can read the whole story on my blog, starting here. The story is rife with impossibility and frustration...and bonafide miracles.
How long did the creative process take?
Would you believe eight weeks? I (along with an intern) did all the breaking down of the manuscript, research, sketches and layouts part time over the first six weeks. Then (and this is one of the miracles) I did all twenty original paintings in just two weeks!
Two weeks? That is amazing! Were there paintings that you did that the author or publisher wanted to do differently?
Great question -- and the answer is No. She was amazing to work with, loved every idea I presented, noticed every detail and symbol I incorporated. The only suggestion she made was this: She felt that the 2-page spread with the shepherds and star didn't say enough about the line, "God gives us symbols by commandment" -- which refers of course to the Last Supper, which we emulate each week when we take the sacrament or communion; as well as baptism, which Paul tells us is a symbol of death and resurrection; and other symbols we have been given. I answered this request by incorporating a line drawing of a silver challis, representing that "bitter cup" Christ spoke of, and also the wine goblet used in the last supper, a subtle but significant symbol for any and all sacraments. It is right next to that paragraph of text.
That is awesome. As soon as I read this, I had to go back and re-read the book (again). To be sure, some of your illustrations put me in mind of the quintessential small town American Christmas. Are these the Christmases of your memory?
Yes. My grandmother (You can see a painting of her pictured on the page opposite the earth!) was a living, breathing Mrs. Santa Claus and always created the most magical, old-fashioned Christmases for us as children. The cookie spread is inspired by our Christmases with her. She also made up a bedtime story for us called Cozette, which was about a little girl pressing her nose against the glass of a store window at Christmas. I talked about that wonderful bedtime story in this post, and that story also provided some of the imagery for the illustration on the first two spreads. The opening illustration is a village in England I visited while I was a student there and had always wanted to paint.
Jana, I have always known you be a woman of great faith and it shows even more in your answers, do you find that your faith plays a large part in your painting?
Absolutely. Watercolor as a medium is dependent on water and light, which are both spiritual elements. But that water and light, much like our own lives, implies a certain amount of risk, a lack of control. It can't be overworked or it loses its freshness and that luminous quality we love. There is faith required just to begin. Then to proceed. And often to keep working on it when you feel like you've blown it. There are even repentance elements...lifting and softening...that can help "save" a botched painting.
In addition to the inherent spiritual quality of painting with watercolor, this project was in itself a giant exercise in faith, which you can read about on my blog. The deadline was impossible. There was no time to rework or redo any paintings. Life kept getting in the way. The biggest challenge of all for me was painting the Savior. I was daunted by that task; felt incapable and unworthy. Yet by the end of the project I had spent eight weeks immersed in the text, and two weeks focused only on Christ and his birth...through music, words, and the paintings I was creating...and as I began I realized He'd been with me all along, that I knew Him better than I had before, and the painting just happened very naturally.
Can I just tell you how wonderful it is that you use your gifts in such a way?
Okay... I know that you lived and worked in L.A. for many years, but have recently relocated to Utah; has that had any effect on your painting?
I've noticed that my palette has changed slightly since moving here. The color of the landscape is different and my palette has adjusted to reflect that. On my website there is a separate page for both Utah and California landscapes and you can actually see that shift when you see them all together like that.
The biggest change that occurred with the move here, though, was TIME. When we lived in Los Angeles I was running a full-service design studio out of our house AND teaching graphic design at Glendale College. My painting was limited to Wednesday nights...unless I could incorporate painting into my design projects, which I often did. Here? I teach watercolor painting at Utah Valley University, and the rest of my time is devoted to mothering, painting, and writing, in that order.
Tell us about your commissioned work. You have done some work for pretty famous names. Can you tell us about them?
Sure. I used to design the invitations and collateral materials for a lot of celebrity galas when we lived in Los Angeles, which made me sort of a Designer-to-the-Rich-and-Famous. But it's not quite as glamourous as it sounds. The one that usually raises the most eyebrows was designing the invitations to the Golden Globe Awards party for InStyle magazine. I've also been to Melanie Griffiths and Antonio Banderas' house, when I was working for Melanie's Sabera Foundation. I did a lot of projects for Paul Newman's charity, the Scott Newman Center, including one where they blew up my watercolors in these giant floor-to-ceiling banners at the gala. That was exciting. I did a piece for Michelle Pfeiffer that was a pop-up of a country carnival, and she liked my mock-up so much, she asked if she could keep it! (That also made my day. I didn't mind making another one for the printer after that.)
Now, I am pretty sure that you know that the Gunfighters are a serious Disney family, so I would really like to hear about doing work for Disney. What did you do and what was it like working with Disney’s people?
I designed the fundraising campaign for the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. Lilian Disney passed away just before I was brought on, so I never got to meet her, but I heard she was wonderful. I worked with the marketing staff at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, who were regular clients of mine. But if you ever make it to Disney Hall, my name is in one of the bricks on the patio!
I am just about out of questions, Jana, is there anything else that you would like to share with us?
Thank you so much for conducting the interview. It was great fun! And thank you to your readers, assuming they actually made it through all this! :)
I especially appreciate your time and airspace, knowing you are planning to retire your blog soon. Thank you for supporting me and my book.
Jana, I want to thank you once more for taking some of your busy Christmas time to talk with us. This is a wonderful and richly illustrated book, and I wish you every success in your future efforts, and all of the blessings of Christmas for you and your family.
Friends, you can go to HERE to visit Jana’s website and view more of her wonderful artistry. I think that you should go there right now.
GF
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:54 AM in Books, Interviews | Permalink | Comments (10) | TrackBack (0)
Because everyone is a show-off at heart, right?
In 1291, despite a hard-fought defense, the Knights of St. John (the Hospitallers) were defeated in the siege of Acre. The city of Acre (ah-cray) was the last stronghold of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. Losing Acre was the true beginning of the end for the Christian Crusades even though the fighting would continue spasmodically for nearly 300 years more. I had once considered getting this scene tattooed on my body, but it would need to be exceptionally large to shoe the necessary detail. It remains a favorite illustration of mine.
This is a picture of me when I was 24 years old. I was stationed at the MArine Barracks in Washington, DC. Apparently one of my Marine buddies has been holding on to it ever since (thanks, Matt!) . He sent it to me via facebook a few weeks ago. I don't suppose I need to tell you what we were all up to that day. Look at me. I was young!
Fast forward to last Wednesday. This picture was taken during and Active Shooter training exercise, about two miles away from where the previous picture was taken.
Another view. I had some time to kill while the boss was doing a de-brief.
This is an honest-to-God picture of a chicken crossing a road. It was taken with my Blackberry in Bridgewater, Virginia, near my daughter's Girl Scout Camp this summer.
This is Saint Paul Lutheran Church, in Mount Solon, Virginia. This little tiny church is off of what passes for the beaten track in a beautiful wooded area not far from my daughter's camp, and only about 2 hours from Washingtn, DC.
This isn't really a surprise in rural Virginia, but I thought I would show you what some peope still feel.
So there you are, a few scenes from my life to show you on a Sunday morning as I wait for Mrs GF and Soccergirl to finish getting ready for church. Mrs. GF is doing something to her hair (which she got cut yesterday), and Soccergirl is in the shower singing Kelly Clarkson's "My life would suck without you"
See y'all tomorrow... I have a book review to do, followed by an interview!
Aloha!
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 08:34 AM in Scenes From My Life | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
Usually, when my birthday rolls around, I write some pithy thing or another to talk about my past year, my experiences and some revealed wisdom. I have been doing this for eleven years, either on blogs or at a web bulletin board I used to frequent.
When I got out of bed this morning, I was thinking about what to write this year. I was trying to filter through everything that I have been through since last December… sort of a figure-out-where-I-was-and-how-I-arrived-here sort of thing. That was at 0500. It is 0730 (finishing at 0940… damned job!) as I type this, and my answers are long in coming.
I thin that I should simply say this: I have had a pretty good year. I got a promotion on my last birthday; I bought a new car; I have written a few things that were either interesting, thought provoking, or even just plain funny. Oh, and I have memorized the order of all 66 books of the Bible… which was a lot easier than I thought it would be (shout out to Debbie at Faith Inkubators). I have cooked really good food, and I have taught some people things that may prove valuable to them; I even figured out what I am going to do when I hang up my guns (literally) and retire. I have been, on the whole, good to people, and haven’t intentionally hurt anyone. I have served others, and have had many kindnesses shown to me. I am continuing to grow into the person that I am going be, and I think that it is good. Yeah, it has been a pretty good year.
So, Happy Birthday to me!
You can email me and I will tell you where you can send my presents.
Posted on December 06, 2010 at 09:45 AM in Scenes From My Life | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
The season of Advent has arrrived!
Well, Advent started a few days ago, but you knew that, right?
What's that? You are unfamiliar with the Advent season? Been a awhile since Sunday School for some of you, perhaps?. Well, good ol' Mr. Gunfighter is here with a wee reminder.
The Advent season marks the preparation for the celebration of the birth of Christ. Coincidentally, or maybe not so coincidentally, it happens at the same time of what most people refer to as the Christmas season.
In different faith traditions, the season of Advent begins on varying dates, but in the Lutheran tradition, Advent starts on the first of December... just a scant few days before my birthday... not that I am hinting at any of you.
I'd never do that.
Right... Advent.
From Wikipedia (which explains this so much better than me):
Christians believe that the season of Advent serves a dual reminder of the original waiting that was done by the Hebrews for the birth of their Messiah as well as the waiting that Christians today endure as they await the second coming of Christ.
This is a particularly important time in the church year, and during Sunday services in many churches (and certainly in Lutheran churches) a favorite Advent hynm is sung... that's the one you can hear now, if your volume is up and I embedded properly.
It is called "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel!"
It's a big favorite of mine.
Posted on December 02, 2010 at 07:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
My life is changing in ways (all good) that I wouldn't have imagined when I started blogging five years ago. To be sure, I'm not the same person that I was when I started all of this. For me, writing has been a transformative thing, even though all I wanted to do when I started this was to share some of my random thoughts with others.
When I started my blog, I had no idea that there were actual things like blogging "communities"... I had know idea what a blogging community was until I found myself a member of more than one. In the past five years, I have been welcome in the community of lesbian bloggers, mommy bloggers, dad bloggers, Progressive bloggers, political activist women bloggers, and well, too many to name, but you get my point. My thoughts found like-minded people, and those people made me feel at home.
My blogging has also led me to some things that I never expected:People started soliciting my opinion on books, soap, athletic shoes, books, sunscreen, books, and books. As much as it was fun to review products, I had the most fun reviewing books, even books for which I had not been solicited.
For me, blogging became therapeutic, and sometimes even cathartic, it has also been helpful to some, judging by some of the comments and email that I recieved after one post or another had touched someone.
Blogging was fun, but as in all things, there comes a time to call it quits. So, it is time for my "Gunfighter" persona to retire, as I move on to what comes next for me.
I will be closing this blog effective January 4th, 2011
My friend Becky has always encouraged people to be authentic in their blogging, and I think that I have been that. I have given you my thoughts.... sometimes random, sometimes pointed, sometimes funny, but always truthful and from my heart. I appreciate the fact that some of you have been listening.
As much as this sounds like an acceptance speech at one of the numerous awards shows that I enjoy, I would like to take a moment to acknowledge some people that have been on this ride with me, but it would take too long, and undoubtedly, someone would start playing music to hustle me off the stage, so I will say only the following: For all of the people who were so good as to read and comment at my blog(s), I give heartfelt thanks. For those of you who actually became buddies and even friends, I likewise give you thanks, as our association continues to be a blessing to me.
My blogging efforts have lasted for nearly five years, and believe me when I tell you that I haven't come close to running out of words, but it it is time.... and past time to put my words into greater focus.
Thanks for everything,
Gunfighter Bill
Addendum: As this blog is hosted on a pay-as-you-go server, I have saved a sort of "Best of Gunfighter" sampling here.
Posted on December 01, 2010 at 07:00 AM in Award Shows, Guest Bloggers, Scenes From My Life | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack (0)
So… we've been busy.
Mrs. GF had work-related travel with more to come; I have been to a training course at my the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg (Pa.); we have completed the outdoor soccer season; we have had homework crises; we have gotten rid of our Verizon FIOS television service (welcome back, Direct TV!); and we have had a lot of fun. I have shot lots of different guns, and tested new crap on my rifle (one of the blessings and curses when you do what I do, is to be one of the guys who tries out new stuff – good and bad); I have taught classes; taken classes; encountered and worked with really great children; I have wept in sorrow and in joy… and I have laughed so hard that I have nearly fainted. You know what else? I have been reading like a mad man.
Like I said, we have been busy.
So, last week, we in the United States, had one of our too many days of national excess, where we eat too much and spend waaay to much money. Of course, I am talking about Thanksgiving. I won't say too much about food except to say that I brined a chicken in Stout and barley malt and Lord have mercy was it good! No… food isn't on my mind today, and it wasn't really what my thanksgiving was about. My Thanksgiving was about what I have been trying to make my days about of late: Giving thanks all of the time. I know, intellectually and spiritually that I should be thankful for all of God's gifts, all of the time, but I confess that I fail at that regularly, try as I might to be better about it.
Today, I am sending myself a bit of a sticky note to make sure that I remain mindful of some things.
I am thankful for my family (in which I include good and loyal Charlie)… nobody loves me like they do, although God only knows why, as I am not the easiest man to live with.
I am thankful for employment. Further, I am thankful for being well-paid in a field that I truly enjoy.
I am thankful for my new congregation and my equally new Pastor (the first service that we went to was the first time she preached at the Saturday evening service). She is an energetic, spirit-filled, smart, and focused young woman (she is 30), and I think that she will do big things.
I am thankful for my health. I am sometimes amazed that I am still breathing.
I am thankful for the gift of music.
I am thankful for SM Stirling, David Weber, Joe Haldeman, Vince Flynn, Taylor Anderson, Connie Willis, William Martin, nova, A.J. Tata, Robert Conroy, Jack McDevitt, Ralph Peters, Mike Resnick, and all of the other writers of fiction whose work I have enjoyed. These weavers of fantastic fiction have given my immeasurable pleasure as I have read their words.
As thankful as I am for the weavers of fiction, I am equally thankful for those historical authors who have enriched my knowledge and love of history and spirituality.
I am thankful for teachers, coaches, guides, Scout Leaders, and all others who work for the education, enrichment, and nurturing of children at any age.
I am thankful for those who serve others.
I am thankful for having the opportunity to serve others.
I am thankful for having been given the gift of sharing the lives of others, whether it has been through flesh and blood relationships or those that are primarily digital. Those friendships have been important to me.
I have a lot to be thankful for, and I don't think that I can cover it all here, but that doesn't mean that I am any less thankful for those things I have left out of this post.
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 06:27 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
You know, if there is one thing that you can count on from bloggers, it is this: We love lists. We do. We like to make lists of what we have, lists of what we want, lists of places that you want to go or to do... even lists of how many people they have slept with (true story). Well, I am going to do a list today (not about sex partners, thank you very much), but this list is my own.
Recently, I got tagged in a facebook list that was a set of 100 books that the BBC (allegedly) reckons that most people will have read only 6 of. As it turns out, it was simply a list from The Guardian newspaper about the "100 Books You Cannot Live Without". No matter... as it turns out, I have read 25 out of the 100, and I suspect that Mrs. Gunfighter has probably read somewhere close to all of them. The reason that I have only read 25 of them isn't because I don't read, rather it is because they are (mostly) books that I just wouldn't read because I have no interest in them or the genre.
Anyway, since I enjoy lists, I thought that I would make one of my own, and here you are.
This is a list of my favorite Science Fiction novels. These aren't the ONLY Science Fiction novels that I love, but these are my favorites.
If you have read any of these, please be kind enough to let me know, and let me know what you thought of them. The same applies if you didn't like one of these... I would be pleased to know why.
So, read on:
Gunfighter's Favorite Science Fiction
1984 – George Orwell
Alternities - Michael Kube-McDowell
Ancient Shores – Jack McDevitt
Armageddon Inheritance – David Weber
Birthright: The Book of Man – Mike Resnick
Branch Point – Mona Clee
Contact - Carl Sagan
Dune – Frank Herbert
Emberverse (series of 7 volumes) S.M. Stirling
Encounter with Tiber – Buzz Aldrin & John Barnes
Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card
Endgame Enigma - James P. Hogan
Firestar – Michael Flynn
FitzPatrick’s War – Theodore Judson
Footfall - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
Forever War – Joe Haldeman
Giant’s Star – James P. Hogan
Heirs of Empire – David Weber
Helm – Steven Gould
Hominid – Robert J. Sawyer
Human – Robert J. Sawyer
Hybrid – Robert J. Sawyer
Inherit the Stars – James P. Hogan
Jumper (The original, not that crap made into the movie) – Steven Gould
Methuselah’s Children –Robert A. Heinlein
Mission of Honor – David Weber
Mutineers Moon – David Weber
On Basilisk Station – David Weber
Path of the Fury – David Weber
Reflex – Steven Gould
Replay – Ken Grimwood
Roadmarks – Roger Zelazny
Starship Troopers –Robert A. Heinlein
Storm from the Shadows – David Weber
The Draka Series (#1through 5) – S.M. Stirling
The Engines of God – Jack McDevitt
The Foundation Trilogy – Isaac Asimov
The Gentle Giants of Ganymede – James P. Hogan
The Guns of the South - Harry Turtledove
The Moon is A Harsh Mistress – Robert A. Heinlein
The Mote in God’s Eye – Larry Niven
The Prince (Falkenberg’s Legion anthology) - Jerry Pournelle
The Quiet Pools - Michael Kube-McDowell
The Shiva Option – Steve White
The United States of Atlantis - Harry Turtledove
The Weapon – Micahel Z. Williamson
Time Enough for Love –Robert A. Heinlein
Time Travelers Never Die – Jack McDevitt
Torch of Freedom – David Weber
Voyage From Yesteryear – James P. Hogan
Posted on November 23, 2010 at 03:14 PM in Books | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
Today, A Modern Warrior’s Life has the distinct honor to welcome nova, the author of the American Apocalypse series, who granted me an interview (quite some time ago), after I read and reviewed his first book.
I would like to start the interview by offering an apology, nova, I should have posted your review and this interview a long time ago, but my life has been exceptionally busy lately, both personally and professionally. Busy life aside, I have to say that I am excited to have you here, because I think that my readers will enjoy hearing from you.
If you don’t mind, could we start with a little biographical information? Tell us about yourself?
Hi Bill. I'm married with a family. I am a veteran. I can say that I am a veteran but I would like to qualify that by adding that my toughest battles were over whether or not I should get drunk or really drunk.
Been there, and done that, brother! Could you tell us about your motivation to write this book? As I understand it, you started writing piece by piece at a blog. Is that correct?
The novel started as comments on the blog Calculated Risk. It started taking on a life of its own so I moved it to another blog where I could post lengthier comments. These grew an eventually became the book.
nova was my user name on Calculated Risk. I continued to use it because it kept continuity with the original posts.
Your book, besides being a good story, is about some very serious subject matter… how does it make you feel to see some of these things actually coming to pass in light of our current economic woes?
I never believed in the scenario of one big crash taking us back to the stone age. This country is to rich and powerful. Instead I see a gradual slide to in the standard living, law enforcement, job opportunities resulting in a two tiered economy of the rich and everyone else.
I think we are progressing quite nicely in this direction.
Given how things are for us at the moment, how do you see things panning out in the near-term?
The best I can see at this point is welcome to the Third World.
Tell me about character development. Are any of the characters closely related to you in personality, temperament, or weapons skills?
Hah! I can wish I was that deadly. No, I think I have used characters from history such as Wyatt Earp and Clint Eastwood to define them.
During our correspondence last year, you told me that you were in the edit stage with the second installation in the series, which has since come to print… how are you feeling about the series so far?
My time flies Bill. At this point I am writing AA IV. I have AA II on Amazon along with a novella about one of the main characters titled "Gardener Summer" that is available on Kindle and other ebook formats only.
AA I was bought by Ulysses Press, edited by a professional, and is scheduled for release March 1, 2011.
If I can just throw something in here for a second, I have to tell you that I am quite jazzed about the fact that I can purchase your books not only via Amazon.com, but at Barnes & Noble as well. How cool is that? Any chance that your books will be out via Kindle?
AA I will be a mass market paperback release in all formats. AA II and Gardener Summer are available on Amazon in paper and Kindle. Smashwords.com has them in the other ebook formats. B&N and anyone else is a special order at this point.
Very cool… so let me ask you this, which has nothing to do with your book: What do you think are the viable options for improving transportation in the DC metro area?
ARGH! You mean the land of traffic hell? Maybe if the counties hadn't sold their souls to real estate developers there might be a chance. Now with a declining tax base and a federal government that is spending us into bankruptcy to save the banks I would say we are screwed.
Thanks for taking the time to give my readers a bit of a peek at you! As I said in my review of your book, I honestly recommend it. The pacing is good, the writing is clean, there is plenty of action, and the story pulls no punches.
Before I close, I would like to give you a little more free publicity. If there is anything that you would like to tell us for the good of the order, we are listening.
Yes. Get moving on writing on that book of yours!
Just give me time, friend... just give me time!
Thanks again for being with us today, nova, I wish you the best of luck!
GF
Posted on November 22, 2010 at 02:45 PM in Books, Interviews | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)