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No YouTube video has cracked me up, as much as this one has done to me, ever. Every time there is a need for some laughter at home, we turn to this video these days. There are 2 things about the video that is just too hilarious. First, is obviously the fact that a baby Panda can sneeze as hard as it does in the video and second & the more funny one, is the reaction of the hapless mom to her baby's sneeze. That look on the mom's face is just priceless.

Satyam movie review and a poll

Satyam - This is one of those movies that you watch inspite of all the bad reviews for the one and only reason: that is to rip the movie apart in your blog. After watching it, I was glad that my DVD rental did not go to waste as the movie was everything (and actually more) that all those reviews bashing the movie claimed it to be. This movie was an utter piece of crap., so bad you are not even motivated enough to trash it in your blog. The one thing that went through my mind as I watched the movie - how in the world did Vishal's dad agree to produce a movie like this? If the producer is someone who is not in your immediate family circle, it is somewhat understandable. But in this case with Vishal's dad/ brother being the producer, it is baffling. Vishal's voice is going to be a perennial problem just like in Ravi's case. And in his quest to sport a 6-pack ab, his face seems to have lost its original flair and he looks fatigued and odd. The only aspect of Vishal's movies I used to like were the stunts and even they looked very ordinary in this one.

But among all the negatives in the movie, if you were to ask me the one that irritated me the most, the scenes involving Nayanthara and Premji easily took the crown. The so-called pranks the kids play on her were downright silly. So, were her dance steps in the En Anbe song. This actually got me started to think about the most annoying roles by a leading actress in movies. My earliest memory of such a stupid role came in the movie Ninaithen Vandhaai by Devayani. I still vividly remember her shrieking voice from the movie which made me scratch my head every time she uttered a dialog. Jyothika was another actress who got on my nerves with her antics and thus every single movie with her in the lead role annoyed me to no ends, though I will have to call her 'performance' in Kushi as the one that annoyed me the most. So, dwelling further on this, I decided to come up with the following poll.

Which performance by a lead actress in a Tamil move annoyed you the most? Basically, got on your nerves the most and single-handedly brought down your opinion of the movie.

Personally, it was a close call between Asin in Dasavatharam and Nayanthara in Ghajini. But then, the presence of some redeeming features in an otherwise decent Ghajini made me to vote for Asin in Dasavatharam.

The Real Maverick story

All you need to know about John McCain's often quoted 'great' American story.

The Rolling Stone magazine presents Make-Believe maverick

Oh...the stupidity

Recently, a potential voter asked “Can I vote for Palin and Obama?” Sounds funny, right? This was bcos apparently she thinks running for VP and running for the President are two totally separate races and that depending on how the vote on Nov 4th goes, she could enjoy an Obama/Palin presidency.

The above voter is exactly the reason why McCain went against his wishes of selecting someone like Joe Lieberman and had to pick Palin as his running mate. And yeah, no wonder this country actually re-elected Bush for a second term!