On The YouTubes: We Watch the Reston Association Videos So You Don't Have To

Andy Sigle and his dulcet tones take their lives in their hands as Sigle saunters across the on-ramp to the Toll Road in the opening moments of this, the April edition of RA Today. Gesturing at the Great Hole of Reston behind him, Sigle promises, "we'll find out who's under some of those hard hats."

Sadly, what follows is not the long-anticipated Village People reunion. Instead, we get contractors toiling away on "the largest single construction project this side of the Mississippi." At the moment, 250-300 tradesmen -- a term we love -- are on site every day, working to pour 2.8 million tons of concrete. Check out the MOVING GIANT BUCKET spewing wet concrete at about 1:50 -- it's FREAKIN' SWEET.

"We're still hauling dirt out of this big hole," one of the guys under a hard hat says -- and all told, 500,000 cubic yards of dirt have been hauled out of the Great Hole, which ought to be enough to put down in all those fancy new parks we're supposed to be getting.

Then Andy moves to the side of the W&OD, telling us about the benefits of bicycling as spandex-clad speed demons cyclists zip by. We also catch a familiar glimpse of pedestrians stranded in the median where the trail crosses Wiehle Avenue as traffic zips by. We hope that with all the bollardy goodness cropping up around it, someone shells out a few bucks to build a bridge or a tunnel for the W&OD at that intersection. Perhaps that was in the Powerpoint.

There's also some stuff about the 5K Nature Fund RunWalk on April 21, an event we wholeheartedly endorse, and then, as abruptly as the video begins, it's over, providing a poignant reminder of the fleeting nature of time and existence even as the flowers blossom and spring arrives with a vengeance. Happy Wednesday!