**This article was originally published for The Long Middle on Substack** A buddy sent me a tweet last week about the new Jackass film… it made me very nostalgic. It’s another movie I’ll probably never watch, but at least with this one I am VERY familiar with the...
The Strongest Man in the Room

The Strongest Man in the Room

**This article was originally published for The Long Middle on Substack** A film is making its way through Europe right now, and many people are unnerved by it. It’s called “Citizen Vigilante,” and it follows an American who moves through a lawless European city...
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

**This article was originally published for The Long Middle on Substack** A German guy named “Freddy” came to America for the World Cup, and for about 2 weeks he was the happiest man on the internet. He followed his team across the country with 2 friends and a rental...
A Self-Serving Sexual

A Self-Serving Sexual

**This article was originally published for The Long Middle on Substack** Guys, we finally did it! We’ve climbed the whole pyramid. Food, shelter, safety, belonging, esteem. Maslow drew the hierarchy and we spent a century clawing up it, and now a lot of us in America...
We Always Marry the Wrong Person

We Always Marry the Wrong Person

**This article was originally published for The Long Middle on Substack** We always marry the wrong person. God does too. The biggest difference? I didn’t know what I was getting into and God did. Stanley Hauerwas said the real work of marriage is learning to love and...
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