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Live like you never know what’s next
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show Oct. 6. You don’t really get to have adventures as an adult. I don’t mean adult adventures like traveling to another country or eating weird food. I mean like Tom Sawyer adventures. The kind of adventures where you never know what’s next. When you’re an adult, there’s no grabbing […]
Summer rental: Life’s a beach sometimes
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show Sept. 08. I got to thinking this summer that our beach trips sure do look a lot different than they used to look. In 15 summers of dragging our family of four to the coast, 14 have been to the same beach. We went to a different beach one […]
Floored by all the choices involved in a new kitchen, including the floors
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show Aug. 11. The Mother of Dragons hates our wood floors. I don’t use the word hate in dramatic fashion to describe her opinion of them. She hates them. She hates them like grumpy people hate kids on their lawn. She hates them like you hate the car in front […]
Graduating from 5th grade is one more milestone
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show July 7. The Blonde Bomber had her fifth grade promotion ceremony last month. We commemorated the occasion by asking her to take a family picture and she refused to smile because we’re embarrassing. Her school administrators and teachers put on an amazing event with slideshows, songs, a flash mob […]
Father’s Day: A good time to reflect on being a dad
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show [June 9] When I was in high school, my mom got me a copy of “Life’s Little Instruction Book.” It was pocket-sized, had a red tartan cover, and offered “511 suggestions, observations, and reminders on how to live a happy and rewarding life.” The book ended up on the […]
When it comes to sports, the calendar isn’t good for weddings
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show May 5. I proposed to my girlfriend at the pinnacle of Kings Mountain on a sunny day 20 years ago, and as we descended, the as-yet-to-be-named Mother of Dragons began planning our wedding, including potential dates. “I think we should do it in October,” she said. I politely declined […]
No joke, April Fools is a sacred holiday
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show March 31. April Fool’s Day is my third-favorite holiday of the year, which is meaningful because it’s the only one of my top three that doesn’t include fireworks. I find April Fool’s Day to be more of a yearlong lifestyle as opposed to just a date on the calendar. […]
Would I trade my glabrous pate? No thank you.
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show March 10. I’m bald. Perhaps you noticed. Perhaps you haven’t. Either way, I’m bald. I’ve been bald most of my adult life. I’ve been bald so long that the last time I had a full head of hair I was more concerned about Y2K than I was about losing […]
If Cornelius were a port on a cruise, here’s what I’d do
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show. Feb. 10. The New York Times recently brought back its “36 Hours” travel column after pausing it for two years due to COVID. The longtime weekly feature suggests to readers how to spend 36 hours in destinations throughout the world like the Matterhorn, Majorca and Tbilisi (yes that’s an […]
Why play sports at my age?
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show Dec. 31. Every once in a while my mom asks me why I still play in a soccer league and I never have a good answer. It has nothing to do with exercise. I can do that at the gym and not deal with aching hips and a sore […]
