Wife of Union General Ulysses S. Grant Born at White Haven Plantation west of St. Louis. Missouri, Julia Dent was the daughter of Colonel Frederick Dent, a slaveholding planter and merchant. She grew up there in a typically Southern atmosphere. Julia, the fifth of seven children and the first girl, ...

Wife of Confederate General John Brown Gordon Rebecca (Fanny) Haralson, September 18, 1837, and lived almost into our own time, was the daughter of General Hugh Anderson Haralson of LaGrange, Georgia. Her father had represented Georgia in Congress for many years and was Chairman of the Committee on ...

Premier Colin Barnett made a speech about funding cuts yesterday at a “business luncheon”. The full transcript is here; it was also reported in the Australian. Barnett was speaking at the CEDA-hosted 2009 “Economic and Political Overview”, billed as “Australia’s p...

It probably comes as no surprise to many of you that I am married, although I am rarely allowed to mention any details about this alliance because my husband thinks it’s weird for me to write about him.  He’s not really into the whole web-revelation thing.  In fact, he had a Facebook a...

  There sure are a lot of women out there making us feel better about being on the not-so-long road to Crazy Cat Ladydom. First, it was the Crazy Baby Lady and now—possibly less offensive but just as insane—is the Crazy Husband Lady, Linda Wolfe (not that she's always been Mrs. Wolfe). ...

One of the more interesting stories in the history of music is the one about the Guns & Roses album, ‘Chinese Democracy’. It took almost 20 years to create. In between most of the band members quit. The band signed a deal with Best Buy to be the only distributor of the album. Best Bu...

Wife of Confederate General Daniel Harvey Hill Isabella Morrison was the daughter of a Presbyterian minister, Reverend Doctor Robert Hall Morrison, who was the first president of Davidson College near Charlotte, North Carolina. She was also the granddaughter of General Joseph Graham, who had seen ex...

I want to begin with a few foundations for today’s message. First; being a Christian is not about saving souls or evangelism. Christians are the result of evangelism and evangelism is a natural result of Christianity. Forgiveness of sin and eternal life with God are the goals of salvation. But God...

  Ever wonder what repairing a sex doll is like? Wait, you already knew this job existed? We're hoping Kanye West is kidding when he says he wants to change his name. We are not amused.  Shockingly, your wife may become upset if you turn out to have a secret Playboy subscription. Try n...

With all the (much deserved) love No Age has been getting lately, I figured it'd be worthwhile to take a quick look back at the band from which they arose, Wives. The first time I saw No Age, they were touring with Liars and I hadn't heard a single thing they made. I still came early to the show to ...