Distinguished magician and skeptic James “The Amazing” Randi died a day or two ago at age 92, and The Onion has the followup:
Struggling to mentally close herself off from the recently deceased skeptic, local psychic Rosemary Shanley confirmed Thursday she was already sick of James Randi’s specter haunting her place of business and ragging on her from the afterlife. “I’m sitting here with my crystal ball trying to see into the future, and it’s hard enough without the ghost of James Randi hovering in front of me and whispering that I’m a fraud and a huckster,” said Shanley, adding that she tried to banish the spirit of the famed debunker and stage magician by sprinkling holy water throughout the room, but the Amazing Randi just scoffed and called the ritual “easily disproved theatrics.”
For a short while, before the ineffable currents of the Internet swept me away, I paid attention the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF), and they’re still around, although I don’t know how active. Definitely one of the forces for good on the Web.
