4 8 15 16 23 42

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Update 10/13/05, 9:31pm

Thank you, internet strangers who have visited my little slice of the blogosphere via Yahoo's search directory, where as of the time-stamp above LP is listed at #5.

This little blurb is a joke. The math is real, but both mindless and meaningless. I suspect the number sequence is meaningless as well, but there are more interesting thought on the subject to be found nearly anywhere else. Spoiler: The joke is about Twin Peaks. Read on or move on - this ain't no library!

We now return you the the regularly scheduled post, already in progress...

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Not, I repeat not 32.

It's like one of those SAT sequences: What number comes next? Not that it matters so much what comes next (at least, not yet), but what is the relationship of the numbers.

4..8.. doubling... 16, 8x2 -1=15, 16x2=32. But not 32, right?

Okay, let's try again. 42-23=19, 19-4=15. Okay, we've found the missing number from before.

23-16=7, 15-7=8. Ah ha!

4-8-15-16-23-42=-100. Nice round negative figure, that. All negatives=-108. All positives, of course yield 108. 1+0+8=9.

4+9=13, 1+3=4. 8+9=17, 1+7=8. Hmm.

15+16=31, 3+1=4. 23+42=65, 6+5=11, 1+1=2. Doubling again, 2, 4, 8...

Let's dial Jenny! 8+6+7+5+3+0+9=38, 3+8=11, 1+1=2. 2, man, 2!

Yup, it's clear: Leland is Bob, and Bob killed Laura Palmer. Beware the owls.