While it's no longer the biggest secret that on Craigslist, and elsewhere on l'Internet, the hapless verb "to ski" has become synonymous with "to do fresh, energizing, powdery lines of flake." In order to steer clear from the fuzz, "skiing" is the operative word. But aside from the stuff looking similar to fallen snow, La Cieca from the opera site Parterre, of all places, found this clip that possibly proves how "skiing" and "skiiiiiiing" met.

Oh, and the following is chock full of opera, if that's your thing. You've been warned.

Frenzied version of Luigi Arditi's "Il Bacio" from 1935's Love Me Forever