It isn’t what you eat honey, it’s whats eating you

Oh hell no! I'm raisin' up the fist on this biz'ness of lettin' life eat me...I wanna take a big ass bite out of life and savor the flavor while I'm at it!

Have you ever wished you could channel your inner big ol' black woman and whop some ass? Well sugar, me too!!!

Why is it that we have to give the courtesy nod to things that just piss us the hell off? And act like nothin' is botherin' us? Right about now, I need me some Madea time...to just get a few things off my chest and get some "ol black lady wisdom."

Gurllll, today was a hella day at work. My boss was irritatin' the shit outta me all the while; I'm not tryin' to have no chitty chats with her. I just wanted her to get up out my face!

Next thing I know...the phone rang and it was the client on the other end of the phone. Somehow, the conversation got off track of the work I was doin' for the project the client needed and it turned into a lecture from the client on how I needed to handle my boss. She's a tellin' me to be safe, keep people happy, that's just the way it is, blah, blah, blah. Girl...ain't none-a ya'll tellin' me somethin' I done already know.
Sides--where does this get me? Other than 6 feet under.

Unh Uh, it ain't time for this female to go there...

Child, please! You just let me be and let me get my job did. And keep yourself on up outta my face! Or I'll have to be tempted to bust a cap in yo' ass. Madea ain't playin' round with your silly asses!

Keep on Keepin' on

Alas, as Sunday comes to a close I start to wind down my "live my life for me" weekend attitude and crawl back into my "workin' for a livin" weekday ways...ugh!

And it begs the question, what for? We all go to work, make our alloted market rate pay, get bent over by our gov'ment and taxed on every sodding thing they can put their grubby paws on and then get up and do it all over again. WTF is wrong with this picture, besides everything?!

Seriously. Whatever happened to having summers off and convening in the 7-11 parking lot?

Now we've all resorted to Facebook and sleeping pills to get us through life. (Tylenol PM or whatever generic store brand for those who don't have health insurance and have to pay out the ass for medical care) I don't know about you, but I've got my eyes on this whole thing "focker!" And something smells really foul and effed up!

In the meantime, we just have to swallow that bitter pill, keep bending over and as Gladys Hardy brilliantly says, "Keep on Keepin' on honey."

~Bid Adieu til' next time peeps

Meet my Alter-Ego: An Old, Matter-Of-Fact, Shaggy Woman

Welcome to my matter-of-fact, opinionated, old, shaggy blog. This is the first of what will hopefully be an ongoing dialog; through the eyes of wise, old, shaggy, matter-of-fact, no non-sense women.


The purpose of this is to take me out of myself--and put me into a character I often times feel I can relate to--in order to express my musings. This character is commonly identified by my alter ego as a: wise, old, shaggy, matter-of-fact, no non-sense woman.

So let me begin by a providing a definition of Pragmatic, as defined by Merriam-Webster:

Main Entry: prag·mat·ic
Pronunciation: \prag-ˈma-tik\
Variant(s): prag·mat·i·cal \-ti-kəl\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin pragmaticus skilled in law or business, from Greek pragmatikos, from pragmat-, pragma deed, from prassein to do — more at practical
Date: 1616
1archaic a (1): busy (2): officious b: opinionated2: relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic 3: relating to or being in accordance with philosophical pragmatism
— pragmatic noun

Interesting no? I find it almost humorous (in a satirical manner of course) that there is an example of how to use the word pragmatic in a sentence relating to...pragmatic men and social morality. Digressing aside, I find it brilliant none-the-less! Now...to find a definition that uses an example of pragmatic women and common sense!

Now let me provide a partial definition of Rag, as it relates to this blog, and as defined by Merriam-Webster:

                                                                    Main Entry: rag

Pronunciation: \ˈrag\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English ragge, from Old English *ragg, from Old Norse rǫgg tuft, shagginess
Date: 14th century

So there you have it ladies and gentleman! The definition of the blog, compliments of Merriam-Webster. A matter-of-fact, old shaggy blog.

That's it for today's post...more to chew on later.