Yesterday, I was trying to put out the 100% free-to-all, FTVLive Newsletter, and it was a task.

I was sitting there staring at my computer screen and could not think of anything to write.

And that is when I decided to crunch some numbers, and I came up with this, which I thought was pretty cool.

This was my Newsletter entry, and if you are not signed up for the FTVLive Newsletter, you can do so at the bottom of this page.

The Blinking Cursor vs. The Big Number

I sat at my desk early this morning, Monster in hand, staring at the monitor like a deer in the headlights of a live truck. The cursor just sat there, blinking. Mocking me.

I had absolutely nothing.

I was suffering from a severe case of writer's block. My brain was displaying a mental test pattern. I started scrolling through the backend of the site, desperately looking for a spark, and started crunching some numbers.

Then, I decided to run some numbers.

According to my math, at some point later this year, I will type out and publish the 100,000th story to appear on FTVLive.

Let that sink in for a second. 100,000 stories.

That is a lot of words. That is a lot of hot takes. And, let’s be honest, if we assume a conservative estimate of one typo per story, that is a statistically impressive amount of typos.

I realized that 100,000 stories is roughly the equivalent of writing War and Peace 45 times, but with more complaints about management and fewer Russians. It represents 100,000 times I’ve likely annoyed a News Director, and about 100,000 cans of Monster that has processed through my kidneys.

Suddenly, my writer's block vanished, immediately replaced by the phantom pain of impending carpal tunnel syndrome.

So, as we barrel toward this six-figure milestone, I’m just going to keep typing.

Here is story number 99,000-and-something…