Why does it have to be a "guy"--or do you mean like "dude" in the generic, gender-neutral sense? At any rate, it sounds more like you need a partner--offer someone the promise of making even more money, should your tiny consulting firm make it really big and/or get bought by some big company (like, one you've done many projects for--worked for a place I worked at), or stock, and this person may work for less. If you're in the US you could also consider hiring someone on an H1B visa who's scurrying to get a new position--almost all of the folks I've met in this position are hard working and know a lot of different programming languages--and if you make a pledge to help them with Green Card issues, you could definitely negotiate a lower salary. But think about the hire as more of a stakeholder in your enterprise--you can still be the boss, but you're looking for a trusted deputy. It will be cool, trust me--just pick someone smart you feel comfortable with, with a varied resume and good contacts/references. Maybe even one of your past contractors.

True, although what people often forget is that thinking about your very own parents having sex is also icky. Therefore, we should ban all marriage. Or maybe thoughts.

I've never eaten at a two-star restaurant (nor wanted to), I've always lived in the U.S., and I personally think cheap gadgets are great even if you can afford better because they are less financially risky to experiment on. Eat shit or not--I don't care about your diet either--I'm not into $tatus.

I've been a small time PEZ dealer for years. Once I even arranged a family trip to include a visit the PEZ Museum.

I mean...well, all the kids do it. My father even took PEZ--not in front of me, but once I found PEZ paraphenalia on top of his dresser. You can buy it literally anywhere.

If you haven't played Bejeweled Blitz blitzed on PEZ and caffeine, while Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan plays on YouTube on another Firefox tab, YOU HAVEN'T LIVED!

It's really not all that crippling, and usually they're ovals. If you see them at all any more. Usually they occur near a natural break in the action anyway, and there are usually other clues that just this visual to that in the near future. Possibly it's more disturbing if for some period you were needed to notice these because you might be there to wake up the projectionist if the reel transition doesn't happen.

What I find more disturbing are the dark red dots, frequently in the pattern you'd see on the 5-side of a die, right in the middle of the screen. Or maybe it's just me that sees them EVERY TIME I go to the cinema.

People are trying to avoid being stalked by ex-SOs or ex-employees, etc. (Ha ha! Diedrich will never find me here!)

I worked for one of those, but at least we were only bilking I mean milking private investors.

My karma is bad, so I'll live on and on in /. !

That's a lot of klaudt he's got there...

Everyone knows beautiful brunettes prefer LOTRO.

We may never know his capacitance for this.