The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for January 31 to February 6, 1993. "Rare Gems" is a service mark (sm) of Rare Breed Noninc. and David Alan Wright. Compilation copyright 1992 by same. All Wright's rights reserved. These collections may be distributed freely as long as this notice is retained. Negligible penalty for early withdrawal. --:Dave === Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder -- until the next morning. --Unknown * <-- Tribble __ <-- Tribble vs. Godzilla --Unknown If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning we may study his commentators. --William Hazlitt Puns are bad, but poetry is verse. --Unknown He who doesn't risk never gets to drink champagne. --Russian saying The worst sin towards our fellow creatures has not been to hate them but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity. --George Bernard Shaw I have seen many a man turn his gold into smoke, but you are the first who has turned smoke into gold. --Queen Elizabeth I to Sir Walter Raleigh === The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for February 7 to 13, 1993. "Rare Gems" is a service mark (sm) of Rare Breed Noninc. and David Alan Wright. Compilation copyright 1992 by same. All Wright's rights reserved. These collections may be distributed freely as long as this notice is retained. Do not write below this line. --:Dave === ZIT HAPPENS --Acne medicine ad I am saddest when I sing. So are those who hear me; they are sadder even than I. --Artemus Ward Just say "NOOOOOooooooooooo!" to Cthulhu. --Unknown Lisp: To call a spade a thpade. --Oliver Herford Take my advice, I don't use it anyway. --Unknown What am I up to? My neck, as always... --J. Michael Straczynski Society is composed of two great classes -- those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners. --Sebastien Chamfort === The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for February 14 to 20, 1993. "Rare Gems" is a service mark (sm) of Rare Breed Noninc. and David Alan Wright. Compilation copyright 1992 by same. All Wright's rights reserved. These collections may be distributed freely as long as this notice is retained. Your cancelled check is your receipt. --:Dave === Christopher Robin Hood steals from the rich and gives to the Pooh. --Unknown Ham on rye: Drunk radio operator. --Unknown He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts -- for support rather than for illumination. --Andrew Lang At a round table there is no dispute about place. --Italian proverb He who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth will proceed by loving his own sect better than Christianity, and end by loving himself better than all. --Samuel Taylor Coleridge My ancestors, true American warriors, wore braids. My other ancestors, true Celtic warriors, wore skirts. Both sides of the family wore make-up. Anyone who didn't wasn't a true warrior. The same is true today; if I were to go out wearing braids and a skirt and make-up, I better know how to fight. --:Dave Wright A statesman is one who lies in state. --Unknown === The Management of Rare Breed Noninc. regrets the recent hiatus forced upon this feature by technical difficulties, and offers the advice that if you don't have an uncorruptible power supply with surge protection, you should get one right away. Don't wait until you're hit by a brownout or spike that fries your chips. You'll save yourself up to a month's worth of headaches dealing with shipping, repairs, waiting for parts, etc. === The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for March 21 to 27, 1993. "Rare Gems" is a service mark (sm) of Rare Breed Noninc. and David Alan Wright. Compilation copyright 1992 by same. All Wright's rights reserved. These collections may be distributed freely as long as this notice is retained. Avoid contact with skin. --:Dave === I don't eat snails. I prefer fast food. --Unknown If you can't create it -- respect it. --Unknown Make love, not war -- but be prepared for both. --Unknown Pick your enemies carefully -- they're harder to get rid of than friends. --Unknown You can fly, but that cocoon has to go. --Unknown I don't have mood swings. I have a whole playground. --Lea Hernandez OCCUPANCY BY MORE THAN 31 PERSONS IS DANGEROUS AND UNLAWFUL --Sign in opium parlor, Charles Addams cartoon === The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for March 28 to April 3, 1993. "Rare Gems" is a service mark (sm) of Rare Breed Noninc. and David Alan Wright. Compilation copyright 1992 by same. All Wright's rights reserved. These collections may be distributed freely as long as this notice is retained. Sanitized for your protection. --:Dave === Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful. --Nietzche Tried to play my shoehorn... All I got were footnotes. --Unknown There's intelligent life here, but I'm just visiting. --Unknown My keyboard's Israeli-made. It has a Dead Sea Scroll Lock key. --John DeChancie The man who makes no mistakes generally doesn't make anything. --Unknown The Space People think factories are musical instruments. They sing along with them. Each song lasts from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. No music on weekends. --Talking Heads' "Stop Making Sense" CD Talk is cheap, because supply exceeds demand. --Unknown