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A Sea of Splitting Her Peas

A Sea of Splitting Her Peas

For one reason or another, Ed and Meryl's conversation reminds me of the first time I met Louise. It was in college at Brigham Young... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Saturday, November 30, 2013 at 20:55 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Addendum

Addendum

ED (Typing and muttering to himself) I think it's import...ant (strike strike strikes the keys) to add that when Jason writes about leaders and following... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Saturday, November 30, 2013 at 11:27 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Chapter One: Chains & Other Reactionaries. My New York Felony.

Chapter One: Chains & Other Reactionaries. My New York Felony.

First of all, and it has to be said, I'm in love with C.J. Craig. That's right. It's true. C.J., I know you're out there... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Friday, November 29, 2013 at 21:27 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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The Radley Threshold

The Radley Threshold

"It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People always think something's all true."
 -Holden "Moreoever, misunderstandings may be fruitful under certain circumstances." 
-Hesse... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at 21:53 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Hum Us

Hum Us

If I cannot sing you, I will hum. I guess that's thr first sencente of my rush write. Sometimes you just have to riush write... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 03:42 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Pissed at Work & Other Tumbles.

Pissed at Work & Other Tumbles.

Last night I finished editing video footage from a wedding in Central Park near the Bethesda Angel. It was a beautiful ceramony in a beautiful... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 12:49 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Tent in the Desert

Tent in the Desert

My first memory is actually earlier than listening to Andy Williams in the car. Or of learning about Santa's helpers. My very first memory comes... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Sunday, November 03, 2013 at 23:04 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Move On

Move On

Who survives his own story? Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Sunday, November 03, 2013 at 01:34 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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IPIRs Anonymous. Rush Writing My First Memory.

IPIRs Anonymous. Rush Writing My First Memory.

IPIR. It's an acronym my therapist, Lee, invented. It stands for "Important Person Internalized Representation." Isn't it great? I'll mention that and just leave it... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 22:43 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Play

Play

Graciousness trumps aesthetics. Graciousness IS aesthetics. If you don't believe me, consider it because it's true. And it's a grasshopper fact you won't get from... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Wednesday, September 04, 2013 at 15:51 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Affair's End

Affair's End

SARAH You needn't be so scared. Love doesn't end just because we don't see each other... My dear, my dear people go on loving God,... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Wednesday, July 03, 2013 at 22:44 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Merrell Too

Merrell Too

This is my nephew, Merrell. Now he's ten. Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Tuesday, July 02, 2013 at 22:04 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Kiss

Kiss

It's 4:05am. The man from the bodega - everyone calls him "Tommy" but everyone knows that's not his real name - gave me a cigarette.... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Monday, June 24, 2013 at 04:05 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Stolen Advice: Turns out - I DID take Note.

Stolen Advice: Turns out - I DID take Note.

Also turns out I didn't need to steal it. It's a gift. Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 13:29 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Digital Post-it About Last Night (A Fathers Day Fugue?)

Digital Post-it About Last Night (A Fathers Day Fugue?)

You told me once your mother just cuts people out. Should have taken note Tequila brings the breech back And the illusion of eloquence I... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Sunday, June 16, 2013 at 15:09 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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"Thursday"

"Thursday"

I know I just wrote a 'prologue' to a story and believe me, Meryl had a word or two to say about it. She insists... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 12:01 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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MERRELL STREET. Prologue: Stockholm Cycle - A Personal Syndrome.

MERRELL STREET. Prologue: Stockholm Cycle - A Personal Syndrome.

Stockholm Cycle - A Personal Syndrome / Or The Romanticized Obsessions and Humliations of Edmund Strasse. Edmund Strasse. That’s me. He would disagree. More accurately,... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 20:45 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Dorkalicious

Dorkalicious

I dragged out the photo lights and set them up for a series of jobs coming up over the next several weeks beginning this weekend.... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Saturday, February 09, 2013 at 03:29 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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First Things First

First Things First

Photo Credit: Michael Jackson Now, and I have to say this....aside from a singular and beautifully-dressed mother... I have EIGHT amazing sisters! Do YOU have... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 18:28 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Knit One Purl Two: Or A New (York) Year

Knit One Purl Two: Or A New (York) Year

I haven't blogged in over two months. A lot can happen in a month or two. A lot can happen in thirteen years. Or forty-one..!... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 13:04 | Permalink | Comments (1)

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Eyefall

Eyefall

I got a text from K late last night or early this morning depending on how you look at it. She wanted to see a... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 16:34 | Permalink | Comments (2)

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Grafted Add-On

Grafted Add-On

Here's an 'add-on' to the post from yesterday. I wish I'd included it with the original. It's a quote from Joshua I lifted (re-pinned) onto... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Friday, November 16, 2012 at 15:15 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Presentiment Z

Presentiment Z

On a normal day - do those exist anymore? - I smile. Even on abnormal days - lately the 'new normal' - I try. The... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 14:47 | Permalink | Comments (1)

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Pass

Pass

"Needless were none of the deeds of Gandalf in life. We do not yet know his full purpose." -Galadriel (Hope remains while company is true.) Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 20:53 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Caricature's Winning Horse

Caricature's Winning Horse

"Mitt's Binders" -by McKenna Stephenson Congratulations to Ms. McKenna Stephenson of Salt Lake City, Utah. She is the illustrious (infamous?) winner of my little "Caricatures... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Saturday, October 27, 2012 at 15:20 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Wish

Wish

Film adaptation of INTO THE WOODS. Meryl Streep in talks to play the witch... Yes, please! That is all. Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 22:25 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Debating Flights of Laughter

Debating Flights of Laughter

Come on now, people, must we always be 'offenders for a word?' You know it's true, my Romney-voting-friends, that if it had been Romney who... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 03:09 | Permalink | Comments (2)

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Fits of Candor

Fits of Candor

I am told that candor and wit are both detrimental to one's health and longevity; and neither is often prudent. I seem to suffer from... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Sunday, October 21, 2012 at 14:19 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Out of the Breach - Getting A Divorce from Marriage

Out of the Breach - Getting A Divorce from Marriage

I am operating under the assumption that - whether you like it or not, believe it or not, want to admit it or not -... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Friday, October 19, 2012 at 18:46 | Permalink | Comments (2)

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V for Ventriloquist

V for Ventriloquist

"You mean to tell me that, as long as I loudly and eloquently speak in support of LGBT and women's rights, that I can do... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 13:07 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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What if this were my opponent...?

What if this were my opponent...?

Atticus Finch taught his daughter, Scout, that you never really know a man until you see things from his point of view. Step into his... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Friday, October 12, 2012 at 16:14 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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"Yeah, this is MY niece!"

"Yeah, this is MY niece!"

I entered a photoraphy contest earlier this week, with the photo above as my entry. It's a weekly contest and for this round, the 'assignment'... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Thursday, October 04, 2012 at 20:21 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Decree

Decree

And so it was that from the Bronx a decree was sent forth and was heard throughout the land; a caveat irrevocably added to an... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Thursday, August 16, 2012 at 01:59 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Dolphins and Gang-Rape and Flares, OH MY

Dolphins and Gang-Rape and Flares, OH MY

No, this post is not about rape, per se. Other than to say I read another blog post about dolphin sex and free-falling from an... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Friday, July 06, 2012 at 20:37 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Street Fair Faces

Street Fair Faces

Every year members of my church (Latter-Day Saints/Mormons) around Manhattan throw a street fair to raise money for various childrens' activities like summer camp, and... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Sunday, June 03, 2012 at 19:34 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Shameless Ad.

Shameless Ad.

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Posted by Jason B Merrell on Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 00:16 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Paris New York

Paris New York

So I haven't seen THE ARTIST yet but it's playing at the Paris Theatre and I'm going to see it tonight. I LOVE that I... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Friday, March 09, 2012 at 16:32 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Bis fin

Bis fin

Verschoben ist nicht Aufgehoben -M. S.- Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 21:04 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Poem

Poem

So this is a poem? Yes, yes it is. Some days you think, no, this is not a poem. Mmm hmmm. That's true. And some... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Thursday, February 09, 2012 at 21:43 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Brew

Brew

"Eye of Newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and howlet's wing,-- For... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 14:57 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Meeting Gabe: An Excerpt

Meeting Gabe: An Excerpt

I stood in the hall and pushed the button to wait for the elevator. The meeting had gone well enough. Mr. Stark seemed to like... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 22:20 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Merrell

Merrell

This is my nephew, Merrell. He's eight. Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 19:17 | Permalink | Comments (1)

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Shore

Shore

"Once the storm is over you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, in fact,... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 15:23 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Gotham Cool

Gotham Cool

Walked into first day of writing class today, and what to my wondering eyes did appear, but some great peeps from last class AND some... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 18:11 | Permalink | Comments (2)

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Approach

Approach

I shot this from the plane on approach to Chicago. Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 02:55 | Permalink | Comments (1)

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NDAA

NDAA

President Obama and most of Congress - including ALL NY representatives - has permanently lost my confidence and my vote. Sixth Amendment? Oh, no, we... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Monday, January 02, 2012 at 20:55 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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PENGUIN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY or AS YOU LICK IT

PENGUIN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY or AS YOU LICK IT

by Jason Merrell and True Michael Memmott Here is the Christmas Puppet play my nephew, True, and I wrote and performed together, along with my... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Sunday, January 01, 2012 at 22:25 | Permalink | Comments (1)

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Not 'ever-seeking' but Seeking

Not 'ever-seeking' but Seeking

"Seek not to declare my word, but first seek to obtain my word, and then shall your tongue be loosed; then, if you desire, you... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Sunday, January 01, 2012 at 21:27 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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OscarLady

OscarLady

Let me get this on the record right now before all the awards start coming and the banter gets buzzing. Meryl Streep WILL win the... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 18:11 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Moths Break

Moths Break

There's soot on your nose from the times you said Yes There's hype in your house from the curls and the Swagger I heap the... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 01:16 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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