"require" can handle a path, right? what about Module::Load,

Yes, require can handle the path. Whether absolute or relative to the preloaded paths in @inc. But remember that you'll have to strip it before building the module::subroutine name.

I've no idea about Module::Load. I'm assuming that this is a cpan module, but I've never used it.

As for my being a guru--I'm not.