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That’s what I think of when I see James Randi. He is just a wee bit of a thing. Never tall, even in his youth, and age has curved his spine and shrunken his body even more. Yet, he looms large in the skeptical community (Wikipedia).

He’s been through much in the past few years, not the least of which was cancer and chemo. He was given a clean bill of health, and he moved well this year, navigating the hallways and the stairs without pause.

At the close of The Amaz!ng Meeting, he made one concession to his advancing years: a “wrangler” would be brought on to assist him.

This year, we were all invited to a special showing of “An Honest Liar,” a documentary of Randi’s life (trailer). I highly recommend it. We also learned this year that his biography is in the works as well. That gargantuan effort is in the hands Massimo Polidoro (Wikipedia)

The clock is ticking.

I was contacted by the editor of el escéptico a few months back requesting permission to use the photo I took of James Randi at The Amaz!ng Meeting 2012. I agreed, with the standard attribution caveats and a promise I would be sent a copy of the magazine when it was published. And then, honestly, I forgot about it. Going through my mail yesterday I saw a plastic-wrapped Spanish language magazine amidst the junk mail and other periodicals I receive. At first I thought I’d received someone else’s mail. It took me a moment or two to realize what I was seeing! What a shock to see that my photos had not been merely illustrations to an article within the publication, but had been used for the cover.

Front and back!