"There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking." Sir Joshua Reynolds
Time Magazine, The Quintessential Innovator... "What drove [Edison] to invent? The desire to make money and win personal glory, of course. But even Edison saw that was not enough. One of his less noted sayings pointed the way not only for inventors but for all those who work with their brains. He plastered his labs with a quotation from Sir Joshua Reynolds [above], to which Edison added one of his own: "The man who doesn't make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasures in life." A most unorthodox and in many ways unattractive thinker, Edison nonetheless multiplied the pleasures of life for everyone who listens to a record, watches a movie or flips a light switch."
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Welcome to GaryWachs.com This is just for fun. I wanted to own my own name's domain name. Tough break for all the other Gary Wachs's in the world. I imagine there are about a hundred, but who knows? If one of you is rich and wants to buy the name, make me an offer I can't refuse. Until that day comes, I'll try to put some content here to make it interesting for visitors. |
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OZYMANDIAS I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand, Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things, The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed. And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains: round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away. |
| email wachs84 at yahoo dot com | Jamming at the Electric Banana, 1988 |
Percy Bysshe Shelley |
Calendars One Page Whole Year Calendars
Mortgage Calculator - Excel
Apartment Rental - Point Breeze Manor, Pittsburgh PA
Picture Albums
2008-08-17 Party - Stacia & Ben Wedding.
2008-08-11 Vacation - Snake River
2005-09-17 Vacation - Columbia River.
2004-06-13 Vacation - Alaska, Glacier Bay National Park
Technical Stuff
Diesel Generator Control Panel (DGCP) on the USS Virginia SSN-774 Submarine, High-Res Navy pictures.
The Chernobyl Failure - how Electrical Engineers contributed to the disaster
Gary's Vocabulary List
Gary's Electric Puzzles
Gary's Accounting Quiz
Gary's Brief Bio
Various
Family Tree - Old handwritten tree from 1980's - Wachs Tree
Medical - Happy LASIK experience
Tribute - To my dad, Fred Wachs
Microsoft Access Enthusiast
Database Tools posted on Utter Access
I write many Access database tools to support my personal and work related
projects. These are some of the most useful ones.
Why I Love Chipotle
... "Freezing cold five AM mornings, the best time to pick lettuce, owners needed a very good cook to attract the best fast crews. We'd get huevos rancheros at five, sweet strong hot coffee with a shot of brandy at seven, then full spicy killer burritos at around 10:30, keep you going till afternoon. I remember the texture of the shredded beef, the heat of the green peppers, and the proper proportion of rice and beans. They were so spicy you didn't need salsa-- but you needed that protein and fiber, couldn't survive without it."... John Roemer, "Cylindrical God", SF Weekly, 1993-05-05, quoted from Wikipedia article, on the role of the Mission taquerias, which inspired the San Francisco burrito and the menu of the Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant chain.
Friend's Links
Blake Miller - ProMotion Design and Blake Miller DJ Blake is a professional wedding DJ and Web Designer.
Rick and Jill and Snapfish Wedding pix
Pacific Beach 2006

Stacia's Graduation 2008

Joe's Birthday 2008

Blake's Wedding 2008

Blake's Wedding 2008
