Dhivael/Anne’s Hyperactive Blog

It used to be the ‘thing’ for average people to spend a few weeks in Europe. These days, I don’t think most people travel abroad, for one reason or another. Personally, however, I would love to be able to go to Europe. Anywhere, almost, for at least a few days.

But once I got there, where would I go? Luckily, it is possible to download an audioguide to listen to on your MP3 player of cities in Europe. Paris, London, Rome, Barcelona. And in multiple languages, too!

I’m considering downloading the ones in French and Spanish, even if I can’t actually visit the cities, so that I’ll have some extra language stuff to listen to.

But I’ve always wanted a brick ‘n mortar store. What would I sell? Hmm… probably chocolate. Cool fancy chocolate. Unfortunately, Arizona probably isn’t the best place for that sort of thing. At least, not until winter.

I’d need a good location (mall would probably be best), inventory (chocolate!), displays and, of course, some way to actually sell the candy. You know, cash-register type stuff.

While an antique-type cash register would be a nifty thing to use, the best thing would probably be a computer hooked up to something like MerchantOS point of sale software. MerchantOS looks pretty cool and even has a free version.

Since it’s accessed over the internet, there’s no special software to install. Just an internet browser. This is especially nice.

I guess that could also be a downside, if you suddenly lost internet connectivity. Cable and DSL aren’t exactly the most reliable, even if they are ‘always on’. Maybe get both cable and dialup, as a backup. That’s what I would do, if I had a chocolate shop.

There are times when I wish I did not live in the city. Sure, the city is (relatively) free of scorpions, bears, wolves, gila monsters and other assorted nasty creatures… but it’s also full of people. People mean lights and lights mean it’s hard to see the stars.

That’s no fun at all if you want to be able to use a telescope. I do have a telescope, a very bad telescope, but I don’t really see much point in getting a good sort of telescope right now since I can’t use it.

Oh, sure, I could cart it out into the countryside, like some people do, but I really don’t want to.

But I can look at telescope catalogs and drool. Auto-find, tracking, all kinds of nifty software. It’s not fair! Sigh. One of these days I’ve really got to get a decent telescope. And a place where I can use it.

Until then, I’ll sit around wishing I could order Meade telescopes, Celestron telescopes and Bushnell telescopes. So many different brands to choose from!

And when shipping is free… dang, it makes me want to buy even more. But, alas, like I said… I unfortunately do not have much use for a telescope at the moment. I am sad.

One of these days, I’m going to have a million, bazillion dollars. Going to buy a house or two, a nice car (no idea what kind) and go travelling.

I want to go everywhere, see everything. This, of course, includes England. I have several ancestors I can trace back to England and I’d like to go and see where they might have lived. Seeing a site like Bath UK only makes me want to visit more.

The site has a wonderful layout and includes such things as travel tips and reasons to visit certain cities. For example, Stratford-upon-Avon isn’t just the home of Shakespeare, it has some beautiful gardens as well. And if you like the beach, Brighton would be the place for you.

I simply have to visit these places one day.