Stephen Merino

• Gender: Male
• Industry: Student
• Occupation: sociology graduate student
• Location: State College : PA

About Me

I'm a husband, father of two, grad student, mountain biker, guitarist, rugby player, film buff, and unabashed liberal with Mormon roots and a Unitarian Universalist perspective. This blog is just part of my ongoing effort to make some sense of the world around me.

Interests

• my family
• religion
• sociology
• politics
• disc golf
• mountain biking
• movies
• books
• music
• camping

Favorite Movies

• In America
• Rushmore
• Bottle Rocket
• Munich
• Band of Brothers
• Saving Private Ryan
• Serenity
• Star Wars Trilogy
• Lord of the Rings Trilogy
• Minority Report
• Strange Brew
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail
• Braveheart
• Good Will Hunting
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Fargo
• Into the Wild
• Once
• Road to Perdition
• Garden State
• Blade Runner
• The Lives of Others
• Good Night and Good Luck
• Off the Map

Favorite Music

• Ray LaMontagne
• The Decemberists
• Jamie Cullum
• Nick Drake
• Pat Metheny
• Norah Jones
• Eric Whitacre
• Alison Kraus
• good film scores
• Iron & Wine
• Tannahill Weavers
• The Shins
• Tartan Terrors
• The Cure
• Nickel Creek
• Gaelic Storm
• The Chieftains
• Johnny Flynn
• Bob Dylan
• Enter the Haggis
• Joe Pug
• Steve Earle
• Frog Holler

My Blogs	Team Members
Monkeydoodle Madness	Carrie Merino
reason and reverence