Category Archives: Cloudeight Site Picks

Don’t Despair. Come to think of it, why not?

Despair.com “…The secret to success is knowing who to blame for your failures.” Enough of those smiley faces! Down with those perky people who smile in the face of disaster, laugh at the inequity in the world, and ride their bikes through rain puddles giggling like a hyena. Enough! I tell you. Are you sick of inspiring aphorisms… Read More »

Wander through the forest and find great photos

Forest Wander Who doesn’t like beautiful pictures of nature, besides EB? She doesn’t like anything. But really, who doesn’t like looking at beautiful photos of forests, mountains, flowers, wildlife, landscapes, etc.? This Cloudeight Site Pick features hundreds of high-resolution photos of nature — by category – from Forest Trails, to Mountains, to Wildlife to the unusual. It’s too bad this… Read More »

A New Kind of Sushi

VocabSushi I really don’t like sushi, its taste reminds me of the smell of rotting carp floating on Sandusky Bay in the waning days of summer. I had enough rotting carp growing up, thank you. But his is not your standard seaweed saturated sushi — this is VocabSushi, no seaweed here, just words to learn and, better yet,… Read More »

You Say It’s Your Birthday…

The Birthday Calculator I want to tell you that if you were born after 1811 you can use this site. EB was the first one to test this site and she told me it didn’t work for her since she was born in ought nine — 1809 that is. She’s had numerous facelifts and a lot of plastic… Read More »

EB Takes Us Back to the Days of Her Youth

Extra! Extra! Read All About It! You knew it had to happen. If you’re going to lock someone in your basement, you need to at least feed them well. I’m so sick of eating oats and corn husks and milled gruffin I could …throw up. But no, EB won’t even let me do that. She gives me Castoria.… Read More »

Penny Lane is in My Ears and in My Eyes

Google’s Virtual Tour of Abbey Road Studios How many of you remember this album cover: The magical mystery tour is waiting to take you away… Now, thanks to Google, who has enormous amounts of cash to spend on things like this, you can take a magical mystery tour of the famous Abbey Road studios where the Beatles (and… Read More »