Bluebells, bluebonnets, columbines, gentian and violets, breathtaking as these rivers of flowers can be, are all just a little wrong for the color of gentian violet. Those of you with backgrounds in medicine or history might be wondering if I've lost my marbles. Possibly .... although whether that's a more recent phenomenon than my having noticed remains an open question.
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Hop over the orange dingbat with me and let's see what's out there in the way of reasons to smile ...
This is a pretty good one, I've thought ever since the first time I heard it. Here's another one, which has a side benefit: it comes with my definition of eye candy.
If, like me, you're fond of watching escapist entertainment, here are a couple more vintage videos that might make you smile, starring Serenity's Mal Reynolds and Star Wars' Han Solo.
Here's the ineffably handsome Leroy Jethro Gibbs, having the time of his life behind the wheel of a 426 Hemi powered '70 Challenger -- the one he never knew his dad had built, exactly the way the teenage boy had dreamed of doing. (The look on DiNozzo's face makes the scene, but ... there are shades of Nash Bridges and that one-left-in-the-world HemiCuda convertible in here, too.)
Oh, did I mention Gentian Violet? Once a dye with antifungal and antibiotic properties, it's become a crystal with similar virtues. It's still useful for folks with Penicillin allergies, for cleaning open sores and preventing contagion. Gentian violet does not burn when applied. In forensics, gentian violet develops fingerprints. Lab solutions with formalin and crystal violet can simultaneously fix and stain cultured cells, enhancing visibility. Plus it's a cheap way to mark lab mice: the purple color stays in the fur for several weeks.