Tomorrow will 40 years...

...since the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Since you'll probably be deluged by the "I Have a Dream" speech all day, I'll make my tribute to Dr. King an excerpt from a speech that was nearly 105 years old when he was tragically murdered by an idiot. Even though it wasn't written for him, I think it applies well to Dr. King:

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Now, for today's Chick Movie:

#6--Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Only chick movie to have a gore score similar to one of Travis's horror movies, but I'll get to that in a minute. The movie starts in the present with a woman named Evelyn Couch. Evelyn is having trouble in her marriage, and no one seems to take her seriously. While in a nursing home visiting relatives, she meets Ninny Threadgoode, an outgoing old woman, who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode, a young woman in 1920's Alabama. Through Idgie's inspiring life, Evelyn learns to be more assertive and builds a lasting friendship of her own with Ninny. This movie is notable for starring the hottest woman in show business (at least in my opinion), Mary-Louise Parker. You all should watch Weeds if you don't already. Now, on to the gore score comment. This movie is amazingly horrific in the things that happen. You've got one character who is killed by being run over by a train, a child who loses an arm in a similar accident later on, and one character who is pushed down a flight of stairs while pregnant by an abusive husband. But, the crowning gore achievement here is when the abusive husband is killed by the pregnant woman's best friend and it is implied that she and another character served the man's remains mixed with barbecued pork at the cafe in which they work. Impressive.

Semi-Memorable quote (for a guy):
(referring to the Reverend's false testimony in court)
Idgie Threadgoode: I can't believe he swore on the Bible!
Ruth: Well, if that judge had looked any closer, he'd have seen that it was a copy of Moby Dick.

Today's Musical Selection:
P.O.D.--Boom