My Profile

John

Gender: Male

Location: PA

Relationship: Married

Orientation: Straight

Children: Proud Parent

# of Kids: 1

Height: 5'8"

About Me: I'm a political journalist living and working in Pennsylvania. I'm also the proud father of a 19-month-old baby girl. And I play in a power-pop band with my wife.

Music: Too numerous to mention. But, briefly: Beatles, Beach Boys, Kinks, Dream Syndicate, REM, The Clash, The Ramones, The dB's, Joy Division, Bloc Party, New Order, Franz Ferdinand, Let's Active, The Rain Parade, Squeeze, Green on Red, Steve Wynn, The Sex Pistols ... shall I go on?

Movies: All cinema begins and ends with Casablanca. But "The Great Escape," "Citizen Kane," "The Magnificent Seven," "The Seven Samurai," and "Star Wars," are also in the ballpark.

TV: At the moment, "Rome," "Battlestar Galactica," "Grey's Anatomy," "Real Time with Bill Maher," "Law & Order," "Deadwood," and "The Sopranos," are in high rotation. And I can't get through the night without BBC World News, Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann on MSNBC.

Books: Robert B. Parker, George P. Pelecanos, Douglas Coupland, Mark Leyner, Brett Easton Elllis, Jay McInerney, Nick Hornby, Jon Savage, Robert Fisk, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Thurber, EB White, Ernest Hemingway, William Carlos Williams, among others.

Likes: cooking, reading, playing guitar, playing with my daughter, The New York Yankees, The Carolina Hurricanes, DC United and Manchester United.

Dislikes: The Bruins and Red Sox of Boston.

Hobbies: See likes above.

Vices: I drink entirely too much coffee.

Heroes: My Dad. Difford and Tilbrook. Grant McLennan (RIP), Jonathan Friedland, Dana Milbank, FDR, JFK, Thomas Jefferson.