I need to MERGE a same named user account from one mac to another.

I am a neophyte in the Mac World, seeking to move al of my son's material from hid old MacBook to a MacBook Pro that has a fresh install of Snow Leopard. I set up his user account on the MacBook Pro during the installation process. The user account on the Book has an identical name. He has used the Pro for two weeks. The need is to MERGE the accounts' information, NOT: 1) Renaming the user account to be transferred (THAT MIGHT MAKE HIM SCHIZOPHRENIC); 2) Replacing the existing user account with the one you are transferring (THAT WOULD MAKE HIM LOOSE TWO WEEKS OF HIS LIFE); or 3) Do not transfer this user account (WHICH WOULD MAKE HIM LOOSE TWO YEARS OF HIS LIFE), as these are the only options available (all unacceptable) via Migration Assistant using a Time Machine backup. If it is material, I made a backup of the Book before and after upgrading it to Snow Leopard. I attempting to migrate from the post-update backup. I'm tempted to try Ethernet migration, but suspect I will be faced with this same dilemma. I have reviewed other posts on this subject, and hope there is a better solution than putting the old User Account into the public folder of the Pro and then moving data into the new User Account.
Express Lane is closed down for the day, so this is my first experience in a discussion group. Anyone have any suggestions?

As long as the two accounts share the same username the solution is fairly simple with minor exceptions. On the new machine connect the backup drive you used. With the immediate exception of email, calendars, and contacts you can just drag the desired files from the backup drive onto the new computer putting them in their appropriate folders on the new computer - this would be the various folders in the /Home/ folder.
For email: Mac OS X Mail- How to import email
For iCal and Address Book it would be easiest to stay with the most recent data and copy these folders:
/Home/Library/Calendars/
/Home/Library/Applications Support/AddressBook/
Copy these folders to the equivalent locations on the new computer. Then you also need to copy:
/Home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.addressbook.plist
/Home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.addressbook.abd.plist
/Home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ical.plist
into the appropriate folder on the new computer.

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Slightly confusing, that article - it talks about using Migration Assistant in Lion or Mountain Lion, but in my case both computers have used Snow Leopard. Does it still apply?
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