Quote Originally Posted by Oneironaut
Sylvia Browne, James Van Praaugh and John Edward are frauds. They make money off the grief of others by counseling them with some fairy tale about contacting their deceased loved ones. Whether they're just deluded or lying, they ought to be called out for it wherever their names come up, and some day maybe we can take these bastards down and help people cope with the truth that their loved ones are gone. Let's not let these people piss on those precious memories any longer.

http://www.randi.org/

James Randi offers 1 million US dollars to anyone who can prove they have the ability to communicate with the dead.... uptill now he has had no winners.
I don't think he ever will.

Quote Originally Posted by higher4hockey
any of you guys ever seen the darwin awards book ? talk about a morbid sense of humor!
I own a few of these books and to be honest it reflects the idea that stupidity is a serious cause of death.

On the subject of must reads.

One to read is Mr Nice by Howard Marks