I’ll be off-line for most of the next two days. Number one son is graduating from Penn State tomorrow. It looks like he was destined to graduate from Penn State, as he was already wearing their hat when he was driving pop pop’s boat at the age of three.
This would be our last 4 hour road trip on the PA Turnpike, but number two son has decided to go to Penn State too. He starts in August. We have many more road trips to go. I hope he doesn’t suck his thumb in class.
Kevin is breaking Avalon’s heart by moving to Colorado in three weeks to make his way in life. We’ve done our part. All those Donuts With Dad days over the years paid off. Except, I probably should have laid off the donuts.
We taught him to work hard and never give up. I thought I would never be as proud as I was when he was one of the key members of his championship hockey team. But, I think I’ll be prouder tomorrow when he gets his degree.
He is graduating with an IT degree in Security & Risk Analysis (whatever that means) with no student loan debt. I think we raised a good kid with a skeptical mind, who understands the difficult times that lie ahead. The ball is now in his court.
I’m hoping he can eventually run my TBP IT operation clandestinely when I need to go underground during the revolution.
If anyone out there in the Fort Collins area of Colorado needs a smart, hard working, liberty loving young IT person, let me know and I’ll put you in touch with Kevin. He’ll arrive in his new home during the first week of June.
But now it’s time to celebrate.
“It’s a father’s duty to give his sons a fine chance.” – George Eliot
Good job, Jim & Avalon!
Congrats! Its always a relief to send one out in the world as well prepared as he could be.
Congratulations to him and you!
How the heck did he graduate debt free, that takes some do’n! Good for him!
Congratulations on such an outstanding achievement. I am sure he must be equally proud of you as you are of him.
Congrats!!!!
Watching your children grow into adults, move away from the nest and start a new life is hard, it reminds us that all too soon we will be the pop pops.
I have three grandchildren and one more on the way, how the heck did that happen, seems like yesterday I was teaching them how to bait a crawler harness.
Sigh….
Anyway, congratulations, Kevin sounds like a great kid raised by two great parents.
Colorado?
The NSA is in Utah! (Only kidding)
Congrats!
Just want to say Seattle prolly has much better prospects, along with the Bsy Area.
Congratulations to your entire family.
Enjoy the moment.
Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedommmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very nice. I’m sure Kevin will have a bright future! My son has 2 years to go and hopefully will also have no student debt (I’ve got the money squirreled away for that).
Excellent! I was able to enjoy my graduation for about a week. Then my 1A classification came in the mail. I had a very short time to decide what to do. If I was going to Vietnam, I wanted it to be more or less on my terms so I signed up for Navy OCS and flight training. Thank God you and yours don’t have to go through this!
Congrats Admin. Great job!
Job well done. I graduated from PSU in 1971 – MS Comp Sci – much different world then.
Congratulations for you son.
We’re all narcissists. But the better of us enjoy our kids’ happiness vicariously as part of our own voyage and adventure.
That’s a nice looking set of men.
Tonight! We get shit faced!!!!!!!!
Tomorrow, greasy food and sleep!!!!!!
Good job Jim .I am in Colorado right now on I25.Very beautiful. I’m sure your son will enjoy it out here.
Congrats Admin and Admin Jr.!
Congrats! I do have son recommendation for your son. First, to follow everything going on with Tech Crunch Disrupt and to watch where the Silicon Valley titans are investing their money. Second, get interested in Bitcoin, doesn’t matter how or why, but definitely get interested. Bitcoin has made leaps over the past year. Third, follow Chamath Palihapitiya opinions about what is happening in the world. He also is launching a fellowship for coders soon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlYln36BRpo
Congrats to the graduate….. I know he will be as fine a man as his Dad.
Hat tip, jim. An america with more quinns roaming the countryside is a better america. Enjoy the proud moment.
Congratulations admin to you and your sons and to Avalon. I fondly remember graduating HS and getting on an airplane to begin my own journey. What a great time that was. I had the world by the balls then. Despite coming to learn that the world actually has us by the balls, life is still good. Great even!
I may not be llpoh successful (yet) but I credit all of my successes in life to my parents simply because they were involved in my life from the very beginning. Encouraging, teaching and nudging me toward independence. I think it was a shock to both mom and dad when that day finally arrived. Tell your CO bound son to call mom every week to alleviate her anxiety. Being a mom is a tough job and to suddenly find herself “unemployed” is hard on them.
Be prepared when you and mom go to visit your son in CO. You’ll love it so much you’ll never want to leave!
Congratulations again Jim and Avalon……sounds like you raised some winners. The debt free part will be the gift that keeps on giving.
Congratulations to your son, he will love Colorado, lots of good opportunities for work, young people everywhere, outdoor lifestyle, microbreweries, world class skiing, Red Rocks amphitheater and weed is legal, what’s not to like?
Many folks who graduate from penn state eventually wind up in the state penn.
Just kidding. Wow. It seems like just yesterday we were reading about your first trip to Altoona. The older I get the shorter and faster the years become.
Sounds like he doesn’t yet have a job in Colorado? hmmm He either likes the mountains … or, there’s a girl involved. Right? No matter … with a degree in computer security he should be employed within a week or so. Hopefully, the job doesn’t entail “Would you like fries with that order?” j/k
You and he did a HELLUVA job. Many many congrats.
PS; My repair job on the concrete steps looks fantastic. (And I didn’t go to penn state!)
How in the heck has it already been 4 years?
Where the freak is my life going? Fast, that is where.
Congratulations to your son, Avalon and yourself. You should all be proud on jobs well done.
This brought a huge smile to my face. Congratulations again.
admin , here is me wishing all the best to Kevin, yourself and all the rest of the Quinn clan.
“May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields.
Congrats Jim!
I have become a hockey dad, and it has changed my son’s life for the better. He’s 16. I’ve become a believer that physical sports like this are one of the few avenues left that are teaching our boys how to become men. Hockey is a little unique and probably better than others because the coaches are typically not from the public school.
Lived in the area for years. Traffic in Denver metro is maybe worse than Philly.
Small college towns are GREAT places.
Apply to the monster Budweiser plant first, then the University. Both will have great benefits.
congratulations on a job well done !!!
and NO student debt ?
I’m impressed
he’s way ahead of the game already
Congratulations. Wishing the best for Him and you.
Impressive, Congratulations!! The economy is strong here, many of his peers are doing the same thing. Thanks for the post….seems like it was just yesterday you were moving him into the shit in the toilet apartment!
Congrats!
Time to get to work and pay taxes! We Boomers need his money!
Another couple graduating parenthood. Empty nest syndrome is real.
1. Wondering why you didn’t want more kids 20 years ago.
2. Turning around when you hear a kid calling, ‘Dad’.
3. Smiling at parents with little kids and dying inside.
4. Looking into an empty room and tearing up.
5. Wondering why the phone doesn’t ring every 5 minutes.
6. Afraid to hear the phone ring after 8pm.
7. Accidentally calling a young man by your kid’s name.
Well done admin. A round of applause and a toast to you and yours.
Congratulations to you and your family for jobs well done!
Congratulations to all of you! Visit him soon in CO–you may find that you like it!
Congratulations to you and your Son, Jim. This is a blessing.
Admin, I have some real good advice for your son, tell him not to listen to Clammy!
Looks like you’ve got it workin, rinse, lather, and repeat!!
Sensetti- WTF? Do you have any idea what is happening in the VC world right now? Do you have any clue what is happening within Wall Street and Bitcoin? Goldman Sachs just co-invest $50 million into a Bitcoin company. The Winklevoss twins just debuted GEMINI and claim it is the “NASDAQ of Bitcoin”. Top executives of Wall Street banks have jump ship in the past 6 months to head up Bitcoin startup companies. On top of this you have no clue what I do for work anymore.
Sensetti says:
“Admin, I have some real good advice for your son, tell him not to listen to Clammy!”
Worst advice ever! Listen to all** and chart your own path from there. You never know where a pearl of wisdom might come from.
**except assclowns
A degree in “Security & Risk Analysis” ? The NSA wants him!
On a different note: my heart goes out to Jim and Avalon in that their son is making THE BIG MOVE away from the nest – I can attest that this is VERY painful indeed. My daughters and grand children live hundreds and hundreds of miles away – too painful to relate here what that entails – you will find this out for yourselves.
T4C- The price has become stable since the collapse of Mt. Gox. (and their trading bots being out of the market). Its liquidity is still a problem but there are new startups and partnerships that have received massive financial backing in the past 6 months to solve the problem. Its velocity is steady right now and I am hoping it will increase by the end of the year.
What is the current Bitcoin price? Got a site that tracks it daily?
IS: Just google “Bitcoin price” . It shows the exact valuation at the top of the search. Right now it is $244.99. I think the price has finally bottomed out since the Mt.Gox fiasco (If you haven’t read the Mt.Gox/ Silk Road/ DEA story- do so, it is hilarious).
Bitcoin around $240, it has not become stable since Gox collapsed, despite Clam saying it has. It is roughly stable in 2015, but volatile on a daily basis as unwary sheep are shorn.
It reached 1100 or so just before Gox died.
An fool and his money are soon parted.
Llpoh- You don’t know what you are talking about.
T4C- Regardless what happens with the price Blockchain is here to stay. Bitcoin at the moment has raised more money for infrastructure than was raised for internet infrastructure in the 1990s. So much money is being pour into Bitcoin right now by VC investors. They feel the change in the wind..
Steph – I know how to read a fucking chart. Gox died in Feb 14, bitcoin at 1100. It dropped steadily until end of the year, and stabilized then around $240.
Prove me wrong.
[img]https://www.quandl.com/c/markets/bitcoin-data[/img]
Thanks Clammy. Did you ever discover what was causing your car to overheat?
T4C – I am a naysayer. Just how can you be claiming victory when the price has dropped over 75%?
The naysayers are winning by knockout at this point.