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.