At one point I would read "Amateur brewers get far too wrapped around the axle when it comes to yeast cell counts." And all that stuck was "amateur". Amature? Wha... who... wha??? I'm angry! Who does this guy think he is? Deep breaths...
Ya, you know what? I was totally going by cell count calculations but totally ballparking the viability of my sample, and not in anyway doing any actual counting. So I started listening and trying and wham, I haven't worried about cell count in about 3 years.
Thanks Mark!