Anatoly Ryzhenko
In 2004 when I was visiting Spain for a month, I posted an ad on Craig’s List in Melbourne for a web assistant for a project, and a guy named Anatoly responded.
The website I was creating was a side project called Planet Waves Parenting (which never quite took off). I had him redo the front page template about 12 times before we got it right, and that was my big clue that the guy was great. He has turned into our best friend here at Planet Waves. His role is part technical, part spiritual. He produces all the content you see, for example, this and many other Word Press blogs. He can plow through work like few people I’ve ever met. Yet I think his role is mostly spiritual. I think of him as Buddha with a Bulldozer. I can be a moody, overworked Cancer rising; he is consistently cheerful, alert, and ready to tackle the next five projects. And he is our highly protective chief of security.
Anatoly creates the pages of Planet Waves Astrology News each Tuesday and Friday, and then manually inserts as many as 100 edits in a typical Friday edition, one at a time. In other words the pages are not created “by computer” but rather by hand — and that is why they look so good. Together, we put the same kind of care into emails that goes into designing print pages.
He and I have worked together around the clock for six years. We’ve spoken maybe 15 times in that time span — our relationship is part psychic, part Internet. He is a graduate of the Russian navy, as a member of a submarine crew. He has knowledge of Latin, having translated a book of 50,000 quotations from Latin into Ukranian (with a collaborator). And it seems the best part of his life surrounds his wife Iren and his daughter Kate, who is seven. He lives in the Ukraine, halfway between Odessa and Kiev, a mysterious, ordinary part of the world I hope to visit some day.
Anatoly turns 37 today and I thought I would introduce him, thank him for his amazing work, and let him know how much we adore him.
Bravo, Anatoly. I hope you had a wonderful birthday.
Happy birthday, Mazal Tov!
you are part of PW’s big heart!
thank you for that and all that you do,
take care and keep enjoying what you do,
simona
Happy birthday! And best wishes for the wishes for the year ahead!
Many happy returns, Anatoly. Thanks for your many contributions to Planet Waves.
Happy Birthday, Anatoly!
Thank you for being.
I hope you had a wonderful day!
Happy belated Anatoly!
I swear, you may not believe me, but I was just thinking bout you last night and wondering who you are, what you look like, how you came to PW and what your sun sign is. I am very very happy to meet you!
Yu are so loved…
Happy Birthday Anatoly! Thank you for all your hard work at Planet Waves!!
Late to the party but wishing you a wonderful new year all the same! Here’s to PW’s “man behind the curtain”!! Thank you for your work, Anatoly.
Happy Birthday, Anatoly!
Anatoly,
Happy birthday. Thank you so very much for everything that you do. My debt to you will never be re-paid.
With Gratitude Always,
-Len
Happy Birthday, Anatoly!!!
A big thank you, and a big hug.
Sarah
Anatoly:
Thank you for everything:
- for fixing my goofs on WordPress when I panic
- for being an unfailingly patient tech advisor when I ask really dumb Luddite questions
- for not only understanding what our posts need, you get it to us before we even finish what we ask
- for doing what you do, and giving us security that you can take care of it
- for being alive on this planet!!!
Happy Birthday,
from Fe-911 aka Fe
Many happy returns!
I’m delighted to see you, my Leo brother.
Love what you do for PW. Thank you.
Happy Birthday, Anatoly!
Thanks for your fine work. And thanks for making it an international cooperation project!
Happy Birthday Anatoly
you do great work, may this next dbay year be wonderful
Happy Birthday Anatoly! Thanks for all that you do!
I remember Planet Waves Parenting; I was so wanting it to take off because I have four kids and though I cannot speak to the astrology part of it that much (not having the experience others here have with astrology) I can speak to the parenting part of it and I wanted to be able to comment like we do here.
Thanks for letting us place a face to the name.
Happy Birthday dear Anatoly. Thanks so much for all you do!
Liz x
Happy Birthday, Anatoly!
From one sailor to another,
Brendan,
former Radioman, US Coast Guard
Aquarius, with Leo rising, and all that…
Anatoly,
So pleased to “meet” you and have the opportunity to offer my very best wishes, blessings to you on your birthday.
Thanks for all you are, for all you do, and for all you give here at PW!
Linda
Happy HAPPY Solar Return, A … and thanks, E, for the pic and profile.
Anatoly is one of the unsung heroes of PWaves … and another of the remarkably sweet souls that gather at this Light Island. We seem to have more than our quota of open hearts and minds, here … which makes it a joy to play together.
May all your kindness make its way back to you this year, Anat — you’re absolutely the best and we love you not only for what you do but most assuredly for who you are!
Hug hug
yes, a very happy birthday to you, anatoly!
i hope you get to enjoy time with your family, & thank you for your patience as i learn the ropes here.
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much love,
amanda
Wow, Eric, you are surrounded by good Leo’s!
Happy Birthday, Anatoly, and thanks for all you do ~
Many happy returns Anatoly!
It sounds like your reliability and talent help make Planet Waves such a great resource and spot on the net. As a writer who struggles with the tech side of things, I know how important you are to effort and just how darn lucky Eric is!
Thank you for your work.
Joann
Happy Birthday Anatoly.
I hope you’re having a grand time celebrating with your family and friends!
Thanks for all your hard work at PlanetWaves.
You do an excellent job.