If I had a project to staff I would always choose people who have "____-A-Day" Calendars, first. They have enough foresight and focus to choose one topic they are willing to look at everyday for the next year, or they have friends and relatives whose relationship with them is so meaningless that they actually believe that a Far Side or Stupidest Things Ever Said Calendar is a good holiday gift. Either way those types of people don't have a lot of committments to keep them from working late.