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The 12 things Modern Dad wants for Christmas
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show Dec. 25. It’s the holiday season, which means it’s the time of year when we call our dads and ask them what they want for Christmas, and they respond with the same time-honored dad answer, “Nothing, I just want you to be happy.” It took having kids for me […]
2017-2022: Five years of ‘Modern Dad’
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show Nov. 11. This month marks five years since I began writing this column. Modern Dad was created when the editor and publisher of Cornelius Today, Dave Yochum, read something I wrote and emailed me and proposed writing a column about restaurants or cars. I don’t eat out very often […]
The magnificent seven never change
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show Oct. 7. I’m not a fan of people who change. If I like someone then I like who they are, and if they change, well, they aren’t the same person, so who knows if I’ll still like them? I’ve been friends with the same group of seven guys for […]
Camping in the dark
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show Sept. 9. The first time I went camping I was 25 years old. It was during a rafting trip with friends and I bought a two-person tent and an inflatable sleeping bag and maybe slept a total of two hours because of the terrifying noises in the dark. I […]
You’re new around here. I’ll go easy on you.
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show Aug. 5. [Humor] Welcome to North Carolina, new people. It seems like we’ve gained a lot of you over the last couple years. I can tell there are more of you here now because I hear more horns in traffic. To those of you honking, please stop. You’re in […]
My totally OCD approach to watching my kids play sports
Modern Dad | By Jon Show July 8. I was indoctrinated into Travel Sports Season five years ago when someone convinced me that I had to sign up my 8 year old son because it was the only way he was going to become the best lacrosse player in the history of the world or […]
A father is patient, kind and a work in progress. I know I am.
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show June 17. Our little corner of the neighborhood has seen an influx of babies in the last year or so, which got me to thinking, because it doesn’t take much to get me to thinking. The Mother of Dragons and I are old. We say things to the new […]
Halfway through raising a girl, I haven’t worn makeup yet
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show May 13. The Blonde Bomber recently turned ten years old, which means she’s past the halfway point of growing up in our home. Man it feels weird to write that. She was two years old the first time I wrote about her. It was an absolute disaster that involved […]
Hey, candy man, what’s your Top 10?
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show April 8. My love affair with gas station candy began with the Whatchamacallit. When I was learning to swim I would get one after swim lessons because I was a very brave little boy who jumped into his mother’s arms from the edge of the pool. It was sometime […]
Nothing in the kitchen works. Let that sink in.
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show I—like most people my age—grew up in a home that had appliances. I don’t remember anything specific about them other than they had buttons and knobs and churned through daily performances like workhorses. They were the backbone of the house. Cleaners of dishes and underwear. Cookers of breakfasts and […]
