Radically intelligent alien beings create a supercomputer called Deep Thought in Douglas Adamsâ âThe Hitchhikerâs Guide to the Galaxy.â Deep Thoughtâs sole purpose is to determine âThe Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.â Deep Thought spends 7 1/2 million years computing and checking the answer. The answer is 42. What a coincidence! This month the Scribbler celebrates 42 years of writing this column. Although no one has ever considered The Scribbler column the ultimate answer to anything, let alone everything, so what? Deep Thought doesnât even know the question that â42â supposedly answers. Welcome to the literary edition of The Scribbler. Local history is taking a vacation because today is â another coincidence! â National Columnistsâ Day. On April 18 each year, columnists look not to the forgettable scribblings of the past but to the dazzling columns to come.