Parkinson's Law: "Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion."
Hofstadter's Law: "It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account."
Douglas Deadlines: "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
PS: Is this the first use of the phrase "Douglas Deadlines" to refer to deadlines that whoosh by?
See also:
http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/parkinsons-law-and-productivity/