Good one, Bob.

When you leave a comment on a blog on Blogger, you generally have to enter a confirmation code - random numbers and letters arranged in a box.

When I went to leave a comment on the thread on Robert Anton Wilson's blog noting his passing, imagine my surprise at my confirmation code - vrp23.

vrp23.

For those late to the R.A. Wilson game, via Wikipedia:

Robert Anton Wilson's book, Cosmic Trigger I: Final Secret of the Illuminati, lists 23 as a cosmic number with strong connections to arcane magic and synchronicity. Numerous people have claimed to see '23's everywhere (the 23 curse) prior to enormous success and fruitfulness.

In many other of Wilson's works (especially The Illuminatus! Trilogy) 23 is given special importance. Many Discordians use this number for any number of purposes.

To leave a comment on Warren Ellis' site about the same topic, the code was 3293.

And of course the man died on 1/11/2007.

Which is plainly 1+1+1+2+0+0+7 = 12, and of course, 1+2 = 3, invoking the magical, mystical 23.

Obviously.

"The Universe Wants to Play." - Hakim Bey