we've got to get over this living god business, whether it's selassie or schneerson, obama or lennon, david foster wallace or kurt cobain (oops some of these people are dead).

The saffron-robed Sathya Sai Baba had a huge following with ashrams in more than 126 countries. He was said to perform miracles — conjuring rings and watches and “vibhuti,” a sacred ash that his followers applied on their foreheads — from his overgrown and unkempt Afro-style hair.

um, yeah! give me a couple of says to practice up and i'll conjure rings and watches too, albeit rather badly. i wonder if he did card tricks.