http://blogs.msdn.com/b/danielfe/archive/2008/08/07/the-unofficial-microsoft-overworked-advisory-system.aspxScott Hanselman recently blogged about &quot;Ninjas on fire&quot; as a way to describe being overwhelmed at work, here's a snippet from his post on the origin: Jesse asked me how I was doing yesterday and I replied &quot;Ninjas on fire, man.&quot; Fouren-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/danielfe/archive/2008/08/07/the-unofficial-microsoft-overworked-advisory-system.aspx#8843852Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:21:25 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8843852Chris Treadaway<p>I heard &quot;swamped&quot; a lot.</p> <p>Usually from people who got to the office at 10am... grabbed a cup of coffee... left at 11am for lunch... returned at noon for another coffee or smoke break... did two hours of work... took another smoke break... left at 4 to beat traffic... and responded to 2-3 e-mails at 11:45pm.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8843852" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/danielfe/archive/2008/08/07/the-unofficial-microsoft-overworked-advisory-system.aspx#8842792Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:48:32 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8842792a-foton &raquo; The Unofficial Microsoft Overworked Advisory System<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://blog.a-foton.ru/2008/08/the-unofficial-microsoft-overworked-advisory-system/">http://blog.a-foton.ru/2008/08/the-unofficial-microsoft-overworked-advisory-system/</a></p> <img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8842792" width="1" height="1">