I must admit… this is a great way to start a wedding ( though never a way i would personally want mine)

This is a great short intro to contraception and NFP ( Natural Family Planning ) by Jason Evert. It explains simply how NFP is used, why it is used, and most importantly why NFP is preferred over contraception. ( and just in case that last sentence was not clear – contraception is never a preferred option as a means to prevent pregnancy … to find out why listen)

Have you ever wondered… Is NFP a version of Catholic Contraception? … Isn’t NFP just another version of the rhythm method? … How effective is NFP? ( he gives the actual percent in the video … listen and find out )

“You should get married and immediately be open to the will of God, with being generous towards welcoming life into your family.

Jason Evert
http://www.catholic.com/sem…

Ave Maria Radio
http://www.avemariaradio.net/

After a lengthy discussion with a few friends of mine on whether or not architecture, or building can contain meaning, and what makes up a “good” design, I think a nice Corbu sampling is in order.

“You employ stone, wood, and concrete, and with these materials you build houses and palaces. That is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly, you touch my heart, you do me good, I am happy and I say: ‘This is beautiful.’ That is architecture. Art enters in.” – Le Corbusier

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simply brilliant.

Even if this is completely made up – its amazing…

we are the most dangerous species of life on the planet, and every other species, even the earth itself, has cause to fear our power to exterminate.  but we are also the only species which, when it chooses to do so, will go to great effort to save what it might destroy.

Wallace Stegner

Modeled in Rhino + Grasshopper, filmed with my cannon powershot SD1100, assembled with approximately 30-35 hours of working in teams of 3-4 people at a time, 10,835 (approx) feet of string, 387 weights, 387 glass beads, 774 split shot fishing weights, 40 feet of plastic with holes in it (mounting surface just under beams), three 22ft prints, and some help from taco diner and sal’s pizza.

Current location (may 23 2009) = SHW Group office Plano,Tx

If you want to know conceptually how the form was generated and why things were done the way they were, email me.

otherwise – enjoy and pass along!

“My hand upholds you. Wherever you may fall, you will always fall into my hands. I am present even at the door of death. Where no one can accompany you further, and where you can bring nothing, even there I am waiting for you, and for you I will change darkness into light.” -John Paul II