Go Forth

"You must always make the path for yourself... decide now to choose the hard path that leads to the life and the world that you want." -Stephen Colbert.

Also, good WaPo article here.
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Happy Graduation!

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Monticello

"From breakfast, or noon at the latest, to dinner, I am mostly on horseback, Attending to My Farm or other concerns, which I find healthful to my body, mind, and affairs." -another good one by T.J., who's birthday is today.
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En Vogue

"In manners of style, swim with the current." -Thomas Jefferson
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Prepsters

"I went and got khaki pants, a crew neck sweater, button down shirt, topsiders and a headband...ready to walk around." -Katie Couric and Tina Fey talk about attending UVA. Wahoowa.
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Presidents' Day

"It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing." -Thomas Jefferson
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Not Very Nice

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Sandwich Board

On Walnut Street in downtown Columbia, outside a law office.
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What Goes Around

"Even if people don't actually believe in karma, they may still have an intuitive sense that good things happen to good people. If that intuition moves us to donate to a good cause and make us a little more optimistic in the meantime, that seems like a good thing." -UVA assistant professor Benjamin Converse, on his recent study Investing in Karma: When Wanting Promotes Helping


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On Grounds

Another one; pretty accurate.
St*ff U.Va. Students Say from U.Va. Magazine on Vimeo.
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Hoos!

Unfortunately this had nothing to do with UVA.

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Style Watch

"Are you an East Coast girl? I can tell by the way you dress." -a comment from a coworker. Must've been the Brooks Brothers argyle sweater vest (don't see too many of those in New Mexico).
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Cruisin'

"I didn't have a helmet, I didn't have any insurance and, let's see, I didn't have any driver's license and the bike didn't have any speedometer. The only moving violation I ever got in my life was speeding on that motorcycle...I went to traffic court and I think the fine was $10. In those days, that was a lot of money and I was real upset about it. There's no place where you get less for your money than traffic court." -reflections from a UVA alum who passed away on December 31 at the age of 105. He bought that motorcycle in 1928. What a long life!
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Are You a Preppie?

In honor of UVA's bowl game today: "In recent years college officials have become increasingly alarmed by the dramatic population boom of the Homo Gatorus; i.e. the PREPPIE. According to experts, the 'Preppie disease', which strikes thousands of youths each year, invariably leaves its victim suffering from clotheserphobia - an intense desire to dress like Mr. Rummage Sale of 1960. Most Preppies also experience an insatiable thirst for alcoholic beverages which often results in the unique honor of graduating from college Magna Cum Loaded. Experts have further distinguished Preppie victims by their dancing style, mannerisms, social rank, monitary worth, and self-love. Currently, there are only two known cures for this disease: Reincarnation or Bankruptcy. To determine if you have contacted and been infected by the Preppie germ, study the picture below and rank yourself according to the following scale: 18-21 Ultra Prep; 14-17 Moderate or Intermediate Prep; 10-13 Pseudo Prep; 9 or less Normal." -Tom Shadyac's 1979 poster; read the article here.

Go Hoos!

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Ten Rules

Read more about TJ here.
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Zou Hoo

"iPads and laptops have replaced satchels and quills, but students still sign honor codes, dress up for football games and vie for coveted spots in secret societies at the university Thomas Jefferson founded in 1819." -description of UVA in Southern Living's list of the best college towns in the South ... (good ole Mizzou also made the list).



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Wahoowa

"UVa Captures Fifth All-Time Men's Lacrosse NCAA Championship in the Charm City." -headline on VirginiaSports.com. Way to go, 'Hoos!

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Jeffersonian

Check out the other designs here -- these Valentine-esque cards feature cities all around the world.
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Talking with Tom

"I told him he was the best Jefferson statue I’d ever seen..." -part of my first-person essay for Virginia magazine.
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Happy Halloween

Trick or treat!

"Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before." -Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven.

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