One Post, Two …
Okay, check out this cosmic confluence.
You may — or more likely, will not — remember my post from some time back, "Sequences of Integers", about Neil1 J.A.Sloane's fascinating project, the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences2 with over 100,000 sequences of integers and lots of exceedingly fascinating details. It appeals mightily to my quirky, geeky side.
Then, appealing to my quirky, gay side is this site: Hey, gay Eric! (via Queerty). It's the creation of a guy ("Gay Daniel"), who happened to have a session with a psychic who told him he would settle down with a guy named "Eric". Thus, he created a website to attract the attention of 30+ gay Erics and invite them to apply to be his boyfriend.
Now, what do these two sites have in common?
The answer should be obvious: a sequence of integers! (Rather obvious, I know.)
Among the questions on the application to be Gay Daniel's boyfriend, there appears this question:
Q17. What is the next number in the series 20, 23, 28, 14, 17, 22, 11?
12, 14, 15, 16, or 17?3
Sadly, this sequence does not appear in the OEIS, so you'll have to work it out for yourself.
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1 Yes, he does have a Ph.D., but so do I so we call each other by our first names because only medical doctors are insecure enough to insist on using "doctor" as their universal first name.
2 In fact, the OEIS has been in my mind since Neil contacted me to, um, assist in getting the spelling of his name correct. But trust me: the OEIS is cool stuff.
3The answer is evidently 14; ask me why if you don't see it and your name is not "Eric".