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Modern Dad: A night out with the Mother of Dragons

By Jon Show. Once a month we take our kids to Charlotte to spend a Saturday night with my sister in law – Nurse Ratched. It’s amazing for reasons that […]

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Pro golf event director is a Cornelius resident

By Dave Yochum. The owner of a Cornelius boutique sports-marketing business—he’s a former sports business journalist—will be running the show at the Ladies Professional Golf Association’s Symetra Classic at River Run […]

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Are ‘Facebook Memories’ a white-washed version of our lives?

By Jon Show. While sitting and contemplating life one morning in February in the only room a parent is guaranteed solitude, I grabbed my phone and popped open Facebook to […]

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Modern Dad: February: So many holidays, but no real fun

When I was a kid, I would wake up the morning after Thanksgiving and make one of those construction paper chain link things to count down the days until Christmas. […]

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Modern Dad: Gas station food for thought, humble apple pie, iKids

By Jon Show. I like certain restaurants for a variety reasons. Some reasons are normal, like the quality of the food. Other reasons are utterly superficial and make little sense […]

Modern Dad: Up a tree, up with trees

I have fond memories of picking out Christmas trees when I was a kid. I grew up in a small, picturesque New England town and we always bought our tree […]

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Modern Dad: Kids make a car show fascinating, a cold brew helps too

I don’t know anything about cars. My favorite kind of car is one that’s been paid off. I care so little about cars that I owned the same Honda Accord […]