I've never been a fan of clickbait titles, yet I'm frustratingly susceptible to their "charms." Case in point? This video, which is entitled "How To Make Fire With A LEMON." ...and I have nothing to add to that. Literally. (Except that this particular trick could have come in handy yesterday during our snowstorm-induced power outage.)

I have always loved Sean Connery's voice. And also, Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf." And Benjamin Britten's "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra." And the vibrant, enthusiastic conducting of Antal Doráti. Yet I had absolutely no idea that this wonderful thing even existed!  

Sony's "Colour Like No Other" Bravia commercials are works of art. And while this "Play-Doh Bunnies" one isn't my favorite, it's the most thematically appropriate. (Bonus "Making Of" included.)

Alleluia. Christ my hope is risen. Alleluia.
He that by dying destroyed death
Is risen from the dead. Alleluia.
Rejoice and be glad that the good shepherd,
who gave his life for his sheep, is risen. Alleluia.

Thank God for Holy Week. Without it, I could easily forget just how radical Christ's Incarnation was, how painful and unjust His passion and death, and how profoundly undeserving of His sacrifice I am (and will always be). Without a Holy Week, it would be always Ordinary Time. Without Holy Week, I'd never reach Easter.

When I scanned quickly past the title of this Great Big Story video -- "Painting What She Hears" -- my first thought was that someone had made a mistake when uploading it. Then I realized someone had, in fact, made a mistake. Except it was me, because the video was about a synesthetic artist, who was actually "painting what she hears."

I don't care all that much for the music itself, but Boris Seewald's music video for Ralf Hildenbeutel's "Disco" is stunning. It's described as "a handmade music video of approx 1250 paintings on paper," and it's gorgeous.

"While working at a tedious job in the summer of 1963, Jerry Gretzinger began drawing a map of an imaginary city. He added to the map fitfully for 20 years, put it aside, and then took it up again when his grandson found it in his attic. He’s now been mapping the area around 'Ukrania' for more than 30 years, working an average of 20 minutes a day."

"Had plenty of adventures while working on this. Lightning almost got me a couple of times this summer, gear froze up in the winter (literally), and broke a few times (don't think most of the time lapse gear was meant for extended wilderness backpacking), all that fun stuff. Despite any minor set backs, this was without a doubt one of the most fulfilling personal projects I've ever undertaken."

Most of the (135!!!) other readers are unknown names to me, with the fairly obvious exceptions of folks like Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton, Fiona Shaw, Stephen Fry, David Cameron, and the ever-favorite narrator, Sir David Attenborough. It's available in a host of formats at mobydickbigread.com, so there's really no excuse for avoiding it (other than the length, I suppose).

I'm racing around like mad today, so I'll make this quick. The character introduced in such a legendary, star-making way? John Wayne's "Ringo Kid." The film doing the introducing? John Ford's seminal Stagecoach.