misc.

i hope everyone had a nice holiday. i certainly did. i went up to buffalo to have thanksgiving dinner with the family. it was fun and there were way too many pies. i counted at least 6 pies. ridiculous.

the next 3 weeks will be bananas. b-a-n-a-n-a-s. i have a lot of research papers due. here's a rundown.

1. paper on volunteer organizations
2. research paper on the holy land foundation and the status of U.S. aid to palestine
3. research paper on the role that religion plays in emerging democracies and the presence of nonprofit organizations/NGOs
4. a comparison of the fiscal stress of buffalo and pittsburgh
5. a strategic plan for a private energy company
6. a take home final
7. a tentative plan to drink hemlock