John McKay

My blogs

• Tugboat Tribune
• Stand Up Jack

Blogs I follow

• Another Number on the Wall
• Eyes on Standalone
• freefromeditors
• HeadEchoReview
• JRN 375 News Editing — Winter ’09
• Raw Dough
• Tempest Soleil
• The Fens
• Zack's Thoughts On The Good Beers He Tries

About me

Gender	Male
Industry	Communications or Media
Occupation	Copy editor
Location	Port Huron, MI, United States
Introduction	I am a 27-year old copy editor for the Port Huron Times Herald in Port Huron, Mich. I love good beer, good hockey, good music and good movies.
Interests	Journalism, Writing, Reading, Music, Film, News, Government, Politics
Favorite Movies	Once, The Dark Knight, The Departed, Clerks, Juno, Little Miss Sunshine, Anchorman, All the President's Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Network, Reservoir Dogs, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Godfather, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction, Batman Begins, Superbad, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Fargo, Fight Club, Zodiac, Seven, The Game.
Favorite Music	Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Shins, Radiohead, Oasis, Iron & Wine, Sunny Day Real Estate, Anathallo, Fun, Look Mexico, Say Anything, The Smiths, Rilo Kiley, Limbeck, Pixies, The Get Up Kids, Far, Lou Reed, Javelins, Kid Brother Collective, Ra Ra Riot, Rocky Votolato, Muse, Portugal. The Man, Hum, Cursive, The Good Life, Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst, Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, Flight of the Conchords, Alkaline Trio, We Are Scientists, Elliott Smith, White Stripes, Jimmy Eat World, The Mars Volta, At the Drive-In, Thursday, Thrice, The Decemberists, Colin Meloy, Chris Walla, The Long Winters, Pedro the Lion, Minus the Bear, Manna and Quail, Lucero, The Format, Drag the River, Old Canes, The Appleseed Cast, Johnny Cash, The Clash, The National, The Arcade Fire, Weezer, Hot Chip, The Replacements, Joan of Arc, Maritime, The Promise Ring, Deerhunter, Them Vs. Them, Oh My God, Foo Fighters, East River Pipe, The Beatles, Husker Du, The Beach Boys, The Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, Paul Westerberg, Denison Witmer, The Strokes, My Morning Jacket, Guided By Voices, Green Day, Camber, The Stryder, Few and Far Between, The Faint, Counting Crows, Lifetime.
Favorite Books	The Catcher in the Rye, The God Delusion, Choke, American Psycho, Less Than Zero, Nine Stories, Fight Club.

Sponges and tongues are frequently misspelled. Is it because both are thirsty?

It's because nobody has a good copy editor.