Allen Ezell discovered this charming article, where the author rates diploma mills on various categories ("Most Brazen...") and describes his process of dealing with Belford University. http://tinyurl.com/2dg6s5
My favorite: Most Famous Alumni: Columbia Pacific University. Dr. John Gray, best-selling author of “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus” has a Ph.D. from this now-defunct California-based school. Blogger Kieran Healy summed it up nicely: “Men from Mars, Women from Venus, PhDs from Uranus.” "PhDs from Uranus"
"Dr." Gray's disclaimer on his website: source: http://www.marsvenus.com/john-gray-degree-info.php, retrieved on July 31, 2007.