In the past, when we've hurled bowling balls at round-faced American preachers it's been just for fun – but when we do it now it'll be because we've been corrupted by power, There Will Be Blood-style.

Why? Because according to a list in today's Observer, hecklerspray is the 45th most powerful blog in the world. Yes, the world. Take that, blogs from Argentina and eastern Europe – today we wear a crown made from your broken dreams. Hecklerspray is powerful, like a tank or a bear or something.

You can see The Observer's 50 most powerful blog list in full here, including the bit where it says we're good. We knew that tainting a newspaper's water supply with mercury would eventually pay off. We knew it.

Honestly, we don't think we've ever been so flattered. There are some very good blogs in the list, along with a couple of ropey ones. And – if first is gold and second is silver – then what sort of medal will 45th place get us? One made of milk bottle tops? A discarded condom wrapper? Depleted weapons-grade uranium? Hooray for us!