The Maverick Chronicles

My 11 year old nephew has come to my place and he suddenly asks me which was my favourite animated series when I was a kid? Now that set me thinking, hmmmmm.... Now there were quite a few cartoons I used to watch when I was a kid, especially since cable television had just come into India (referring to the early 90s). But I don't know why, suddenly GI Joe sprang to mind. My nephew was not sure what GI Joe is considering this is the age of the Dragon BallZ, Bey Blade and other Japanese nonsense which you cant really make head or tail of but yeah,the kids nowadays are stuck to them like glue. So to tel him about GI Joe, I googled it and low behold, I was surprised to see the 1st search result showing up as G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) at imdb.com (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046173/). I went on the imdb page and was delighted to see that the GI series is being made into a blockbuster action movie. Now, this is something which the Action movie buffs like me would like to see i

As reported by various media sources and the Madrid based newspaper Marca, it seems Florentino Perez the presidential aspirant & hot favourite to become the Real Madrid president has his greedy eyes set on none other than Andres Iniesta. Iniesta tops the wishlist for Perez for his all new look Real Madrid. Though, Iniesta has vehemently denied the rumours and pledged his loyalty to Barca, it would be the greatest coup since Perez managed to lure Figo to Real in 2000. Though I don't think its remotely possible that Perez would be able to pull off this coup, there are other names being bandied around as potential Galacticos viz. Ronaldo (the usual suspect!), Villa (quite possible considering Valencia's financial situation), Kaka, Cesc, Ibrahimovic and Messi. There are also reports that Ribery has already signed the deal to move to Real till 2014 but the news is being kept under wraps fro him to concentrate on the Bundesliga season. Nonetheless, its going to be an interesting