Going out in the woods....
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Glad ya asked this question :-P I'm terrified of ticks! Never really thought about them recently, but still good to get the advice from SE.
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Glad ya asked this question :-P I'm terrified of ticks! Never really thought about them recently, but still good to get the advice from SE.
Trip to Kenya!
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If you can motivate yourself. Do it.
I used to live in Kenya and have been back many times since (spend most of last summer there) and it's a great, great place. I don't know how much you travel, but especially if you don't travel much, it will be a wonderful opportunity to expose yourself to different ways of thought, different cultures and people.
I don't know how important this sort of thing is to you, but East Africa is my favorite part of this planet that I've been to, and even though it -may- be a bit of a shock at first, you'll quickly learn to appreciate and love it. It's also just a beautiful, beautiful country.
Opening your eyes to the different ways of life in this world is something that is truly priceless. I think it can also give you a greater appreciation of the luxuries of western society when you get to observe and [to a certain extent] experience the way things function in places like Kenya.
Hope you can motivate yourself to do it! 
For those who backcombed they're dreads
Dread Maintenance
Nope. They may have loosened a bit but if so, nothing noticeable. I was super gentle and very apprehensive, though, so you've gotta understand that I didn't exactly put them through much when I washed 'em. Just gettin some of that soap on my scalp, lettin' it rinse through and that's it.
Knotty John said:
And they didn't fall apart or anything afterwards?
TheSilentRebellion said:I waited... i think was 4 or 5 days? Used knotty boy shampoo. And was super gentle! Just gettin' that stuff around the scalp and lettin' it run through the hair on its own
For those who backcombed they're dreads
Dread Maintenance
I waited... i think was 4 or 5 days? Used knotty boy shampoo. And was super gentle! Just gettin' that stuff around the scalp and lettin' it run through the hair on its own
interesting new trend
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Cool stuff
About higher rankings, I have a buddy who works in search engine optimization, who swears by social media presence. Seeing as I'm still a newbie here, I don't actually know how large dreadlockssite's social media presence is, but I'm definitely willing a post some links :-D
Oh. Hey. I'm Raph!
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Interesting! I might have to bring that up with my prof! She seems really cool, and seems to know her stuff very well, but whaaat an inteeeense personality! Should be an interesting semester! :-D
It would be awesome to have somebody to discuss things with!
Steaze McGee said:
I had a teacher, really intelligent that said often that ethics could not be applied. The problem often came when a theory was universalized and everyone should act this way, I think. Keep me in mind during your class if you every want to have a discussion.
I have a Chinese philosophy class this semester, two history classes, both ancient, and a class on Faulkner. I always like sharing ideas. I usually need the help to grasp the classes.
TheSilentRebellion said:
I haven't gotten them yet, but this:
http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Wrong-Applied-Ethicists-Critics/dp/0195...
And a coursepack with a selection of other writings.
Steaze McGee said:
What all are you reading in your ethics class?
Oh. Hey. I'm Raph!
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Hurray! *Hi 5* Cool stuff! What did ya study?
Knottysleeves said:
Another Concordian! *cheers* Showing my age here... I got my undergrad degree there in the mid-90s.
TheSilentRebellion said:Thanks
Oh. Hey. I'm Raph!
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I haven't gotten them yet, but this:
http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Wrong-Applied-Ethicists-Critics/dp/0195337808/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1294094607&sr=8-1
And a coursepack with a selection of other writings.
Steaze McGee said:
What all are you reading in your ethics class?
Oh. Hey. I'm Raph!
Introduce Yourself
Thanks
Cool stuff! Well, I'm studying at Concordia, and love it :-D I find there's a lot of interesting stuff to do/see in Montreal.Jdwood said:
Hey welcome to the site. I live about 45 minutes from Montreal. I worked for a while in Montreal, hated it lol! but I still love the city just don't like working there.
Oh. Hey. I'm Raph!
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Deleuze, I don't know... It was part of a course pack we were given to read. Foucault, however... I bought 'The Foucault Reader' which a pretty good selection of his writing.
As far as where Dostoevsky said "Beauty Will Save The World," I don't actually know. I only heard the podcast xD And had a pretty good discussion about it with my parents. A quick google search gives many results on the subject, but I can't seem to find -where- it's written.
Nietzsche... seems interesting. A little bit odd, but interesting.
I think I'll have to read Plato too, then. You seem to know about a lot of interesting texts! I start my first philosophy class ever today! Very excited. It's on Ethics
Steaze McGee said:
Nietzsche begins Beyond Good and Evil with a question. "If truth was a woman, what then?" Well if she was a woman none of these philosophers today, he says, would not be able to handle truth because they cannot handle a woman. They do not know how to talk to women. ---- It really makes one think about what Nietzsche is philosophizing about.
I do not know where Dostoevsky said "beauty will save the world" and if you can point me to it Raph I would be grateful. The tight thing though is there is a Platonic dialogue that deals directly with the questions of Beauty and Love. This dialogue is the Symposium. In the Symposium Socrates tells us that he is taught everything he knows about love by a woman named Diotima. She has a speech that is of the day Aphrodite, the goddess of Beauty, is born. She goes on to say Love was conceived on the same day. Love it seems is always to chase/follow Beauty. The strange thing is that philosophy is the highest form of love, it is the Love of Wisdom. I always wonder to myself if Wisdom is not the most beautiful thing there is. I think Socrates may say so.
This all really leads to one area of question. How many people have left behind Beauty when the went out and sought Wisdom? How many did not approach the knowledge of the world with a passion, with love?
Heh! Cool! I've read some Nietzsche quotes, but never read much of his writing. Should probably do that! Seems interesting
I recently heard a podcast about Dostoevsky's "Beauty will save the world" Idea... Very interesting stuff. I love it, and love the think/argue about it xD
Philosophy, in a sense, and in my opinion, should/could be the thoughts of any/every(body) about how the world functions, and it's ridiculous to rely solely on academia and it's incredibly restrictive parameters for such a potentially broad range of thoughts! :-D
And... thanks!
Steaze McGee said:
Raph I love philosophy, though I haven't read Foucault, Latour or Heidegger. I have read a lot of Nietzsche, I love Lao Tzu and Dostoevsky is my man. Philosophy should never be fully academic though. When this occurs it loses its real function, and that is that it should be not a guide external from us but an actual way of life throughout us. Schopenhauer and Nietzsche both despised academia for turning philosophy into history.
Welcome!