Archive for January, 2008

Great Weekend »

I signed a contract to lease-option our rental house (the one we used to live in) Friday afternoon.  I’ve been working on upgrading that house for the past month after our last tenants left it in a mess - I’ve done all new carpet, all new paint, a bunch of cleaned up landscaping, a completely […]

Goodbye, Hoosier Dome »

The Hoosier Dome (I still refuse to call it the RCA Dome) was built in 1984 when I was 10 years old, living about 45 miles from Indianapolis.  It’s been the Colts’s home since they moved to Indy from Baltimore, and it’s hosted four Final Fours and holds the record for the highest attendance at […]

Destroying Our Economy »

From Sunday’s Meet the Press:
MR. RUSSERT: Mike Huckabee said, “If we deported 12 million illegal immigrants…”
SEN. McCAIN: Yeah. Sure.
MR. RUSSERT: …”it would destroy our economy.”
SEN. McCAIN: I think it would have significant economic impacts. I think it’s obvious that our economy, to a large degree, has grown dependent upon […]

Referrals »

You’re judged by the company you keep, and the three sites that generate the most referral traffic to this site are TonyRose.com, DavidBoyd.org, and RossHorton.com.

ABC »

Some people around here are ABC fans - “anybody but Carolina.”
I’m an ABC fan too - “anybody but Clinton.”  Hillary, that is.
I’d feel the same if Jeb Bush were running for the Presidency.  We’ve had Bush-Clinton-Bush, and it’s time to move on for the unity of the country.  We’re becoming too polarized, and another Clinton […]

Thankful »

Here’s to 2007, a year where I gave God all sorts of chances to give me the grace and forgiveness I always need more of.
And here’s to the hope of a new year, a year where I’ll give God all sorts of chances to give me the grace and forgiveness I always need more of.   […]


Brian Baute is a creative Internet/New Media leader in Burlington, NC. He leads the Web Technologies department at Elon University and creates graphics & videos for Pine Ridge Church. See further details on his resume [PDF].



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