We're number 43!

The late, great Douglas Adams once wrote that the secret to the universe is 42, so we're pretty close.

But 43 in this case is our ranking in Laura Milligan's list of "The Top 100 Academic Medical Blogs."

Looking over the list, it seems this doesn't mean we're the 43rd best medical blog out there.

Instead Laura created categories -- research, news, ethics, neuroscience, pediatrics, technology, cancer, libraries, alternative medicine, etc. -- then poured her bookmarks into them.

We're in the technology section, naturally, alongside medGadget, the Healthcare IT guy, and Medical Nerds. Still pretty good company.

Lists like this represent a form of spring cleaning for the author and a rummage sale for the reader. It can be fun to see what someone else thinks is important.

Take Medical Nerds, which I'm sorry to say had not been on this blogroll before. Chris Pearson offers short, snappy, gadgety takes on using tools lots of doctors have, like Blackberries -- it's obvious he's a fine programmer.

The word "fish" is sometimes defined as the newcomer in a college or prison, as in new fish. So the best way to conclude this piece is with Adams' own words, "So long and thanks for all the fish."