The Fridge Idea

A silly idea to introduce a little culture into our apartment by posting literary quotes or odd bits of poetry on our apartment refrigerator has turned into an outreach effort to enlighten and stimulated the minds of our friends and the casual passersby. Each roommate will submit a weekly quote or image from literature, history, art, cinema, etc. You are invited to explore our weekly entries and to vote on the entry that will adorn our fridge for the next week. Perhaps you may begin by considering the cultural, historical, or artistic significance of each entry; what do you think we should “digest” this week. The selection criteria should remain quite elastic and be driven by you. Really, we just hope that on occasion we might inspire you to revisit a book you’ve set aside, memorize a bit of verse, rent a movie you haven’t seen, or stroll through a museum gallery. Enjoy!

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Weekly Entries for Week of May 11-16, 2009

Entry 1

Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.

-Albert Einstein

Entry 2

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

Ambrose Bierce


Entry 3

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Maid Marion, Disney's Robin Hood


Entry 4

Recently mentioned in a talk many of us might have heard (suggested abbreviated title: "To the Rescue"):

"Lifeboat and Manby Apparatus going off to a stranded vessel making signal of distress"
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1831


"Amidst the storms of life, danger lurks; and men, like boats, find themselves stranded and facing destruction. Who will man the lifeboats, leaving behind the comforts of home and family, and go to the rescue?" Thomas S. Monson

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Weekly Winner: May 3, 2009

"There are no genuine philosophical problems, philosophy is simply a byproduct of misunderstanding language."

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) from Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.

Submitted by John