Pete

@philpetree
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Veteran. Volunteer. Dad to an AMAZING daughter. Tech CEO. Author. Sometimes funny. Blue dot in Etowah, Tennessee
homepagehttps://philpetree.com
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PeteMay 15

This is what over 65 dating looks like...
Via DM...
Her (a smilodon): You're a really good looking man!
Me: Thank you!
Her: We should meet for coffee. I'm in Knoxville quite often.
Me: I love meeting new people.
[more small talk]
Her: I hope you're into hair pulling and *** spanking cause I love it!!
Me: laughing
10 days complete silence....
Her: Guess where I am?
Me: .oO("Mental institution?")
Me: IDK where?
Her: Hospital! I fell down and broke my hip!

#dating #singlelife

PeteFeb 27
After nearly 4 years of volunteering at the front desk of the Knoxville Museum of Art, I have decided "It's time that I moved on..."
So, what am I doing with my first free Friday in ages? Why baking *cough* Hippie brownies, of course!
#timeoff #volunteer #brownies
PeteFeb 25
Last night I minimized all windows, closed the lid, had dinner, and went to bed.
This morning, I opened the lid, and 1 hour and 18 minutes later, I was still looking at this screen. Finally, I did a hard reboot. Updates are paused until March 11th.
Every single Windows developer and their entire Product Management staff should be FIRED and never allowed to work in software development again!
#microsoft #windows
PeteFeb 21
I was renewing my tags and saw this sign 👇👇👇 I laughed out loud. The guy next to me asked what was funny, so I told him. He and everyone around started laughing. #humor #marriage #cars
PeteFeb 19

Okay, this was NOT on my bingo card for anytime in my life but here we are...

I've been asked to host a weekly TV show. I've never done anything remotely like this before. Can anyone offer any advice, tips, pointers, or warnings?

#tv #tvhosting

PeteFeb 17

For the past few years, I have watched people defending different things (beliefs) and wondered what could possibly be going through their minds.

So here's an observation: "You ARE what you defend."

#beliefs

PeteFeb 15

I'm looking for some old Boy Scouts from Dayton or Fairborn, OH, from the early to mid-60s who know the rest of this 👇👇👇
#boyscouts #scouting #daytonohio #fairbornohio

https://youtube.com/shorts/3rBsxb_JvuQ?feature=share

Boy Scout Memories - Looking for Old Friends. #boyscouts #scouting #daytonohio #fairbornohio

YouTube
PeteFeb 15

I am marking myself safe from Valentine's Day. I caused no major trouble and had a peaceful day. #valentinesday

So today, I'm rewarding myself with 👇👇👇

PeteFeb 9
WTF! If we talk on the phone or FaceTime, either be present in the moment or reschedule... I'm over this shit where people/friends have you on the phone, and they're texting, filling in forms and all this other nonsense and narrating it while they do it... essentially (and passive/aggressively) telling you that their life is more important than their relationship with you. #respect #dignity
PeteFeb 5

At the age of 8, her mother would put her in a bathtub filled with warm water and then go shoot up heroin. She learned to get soap in her eyes and cry, so her mother would come and get her out of the tub.

As an adult, she cared for her addict mother. Tuesday at 1p, she signed papers to take her mom off life support; her mom passed at 3p.

Yesterday, Comcast fired her.

Today, I said goodbye to her as she carried the last of her mother's things away. I love her as if she were my own daughter.