Warning: the following deadlines are not for the faint of heart. Or the sane.
Due date: Today
Project: "Fix the Sinkhole in the Ceiling"
Budget: $10,000 (or what have you)
Lead Time: 3 hours (or until the coffee wears off)
Progress: 0% (don't @ me)
Due date: Tomorrow
Project: "Solve for X, Where X is a Random Number"
Budget: Infinity (or at least, what we think)
Lead Time: A lifetime (or until the server dies)
Progress: -100% (we're still trying)
Due date: Never (we're just going to pretend it's done)
Project: "Build a functional society"
Budget: "We'll get back to you on that"
Lead Time: Eternity (or at least, until the apocalypse)
Progress: We'll let you know when we're close-ish...
Due date: This time tomorrow (or never)
Project: "Fix the sinkhole"
Budget: $0 (we'll just use magic)
Lead Time: A week? Two weeks? A month? Who knows?
Progress: We're on it... I think.
This is getting ridiculous.