Thanks for all the PMs and offers. I will answer all of you shortly. For the "you're lazy and will lose money" posts: I guess you have a lot of time on your hands. Try running a business and you'll quickly find out that.... Time is money, You cannot do everything, If you can't do something, hire some who can... I think you get the picture.
The best ignore button is just to ignore. ....no, this one's too tempting. I'm a Sagittarius, did I leave that out too?
Take it easy oldschool. having a directional bias and picking the right stock is truly the bulk of decision making when it comes to options trading/investing. If you traded futures and such, (which you have) then you know this to be true. Instead of having an "options expert" write out the ladder, vertical, calendar, fly, straddle, condor, strangle out for you.. pay someone intelligent to 'decipher' Natenberg and apply it. (especially some hungry college grad at your business). I daresay anyone well versed in options trading will charge you a moderate fee in return for such strategy mapping making the spread on your trades that much worse. (especially on 30k). Perhaps subscribing to an options newsletter maybe your speed? just my $.02
Please see the new thread "oldschool getting schooled". I will be posting my ideas there. Thanks for the help, and I look forward to seeing all of your thoughts.