{"id":3296,"date":"2016-05-06T09:01:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T14:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ajaalto.com\/?p=3296"},"modified":"2016-05-06T09:01:45","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T14:01:45","slug":"how-many-feet-does-the-cosmos-have-asking-for-a-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ajaalto.com\/?p=3296","title":{"rendered":"How Many Feet Does the Cosmos Have? Asking For a Friend."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6j300\" data-offset-key=\"cg958-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"cg958-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"cg958-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Cosmos: Imma take your publisher.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6j300\" data-offset-key=\"8stmv-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"8stmv-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"8stmv-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Me: Fine, I&#8217;ll self-publish those titles. In fact, I&#8217;ll open my own publishing company.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6j300\" data-offset-key=\"330fd-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"330fd-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"330fd-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Cosmos: No you won&#8217;t. That&#8217;s hard work and lots of money; you don&#8217;t like the former and don&#8217;t have the latter.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6j300\" data-offset-key=\"ab505-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"ab505-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"ab505-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Me: Then how come I have this shiny new master business license, ISBNs, and reserved media place-holders prepared already?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6j300\" data-offset-key=\"3gl13-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"3gl13-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"3gl13-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Cosmos: You don&#8217;t know how to do any of the things.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6j300\" data-offset-key=\"1ohud-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1ohud-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1ohud-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Me: I can learn. Watch me.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6j300\" data-offset-key=\"9sfj3-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"9sfj3-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"9sfj3-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Cosmos: Okay. *weg* Imma take your other publisher.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6j300\" data-offset-key=\"fnej-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"fnej-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"fnej-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Me: That&#8217;s stupid. I just told you, <em>I&#8217;m MAKING MY OWN<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6j300\" data-offset-key=\"5giv1-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5giv1-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"5giv1-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Cosmos: *squint* Imma take your last tea bag.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6j300\" data-offset-key=\"b3nij-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"b3nij-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"b3nij-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Me: That&#8217;s pretty low, and you&#8217;re risking a punch in the cosmic schnoz, but I can go to the store.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6j300\" data-offset-key=\"32e8i-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"32e8i-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"32e8i-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Cosmos: Imma take your sanity.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6j300\" data-offset-key=\"2726s-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"2726s-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"2726s-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Me: HA! All three ounces of it? Go ahead! It&#8217;s tainted btw. I&#8217;m fresh out of pure sanity.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6j300\" data-offset-key=\"eptka-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"eptka-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"eptka-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Cosmos: All right, Writerghoulie. You&#8217;ve won this round. But I&#8217;ll be back in seven days to drop the other shoe.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6j300\" data-offset-key=\"3ovqj-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"3ovqj-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"3ovqj-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Me: You just dropped four shoes. How many feet do you have, anyway?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"3ovqj-0-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3298\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ajaalto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/12346473_1660118487588332_9221721061500335995_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"12346473_1660118487588332_9221721061500335995_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ajaalto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/12346473_1660118487588332_9221721061500335995_n-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ajaalto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/12346473_1660118487588332_9221721061500335995_n-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.ajaalto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/12346473_1660118487588332_9221721061500335995_n-190x190.jpg 190w, http:\/\/www.ajaalto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/12346473_1660118487588332_9221721061500335995_n-60x60.jpg 60w, http:\/\/www.ajaalto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/12346473_1660118487588332_9221721061500335995_n.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cosmos: Imma take your publisher. Me: Fine, I&#8217;ll self-publish those titles. In fact, I&#8217;ll open my own publishing company. Cosmos: No you won&#8217;t. That&#8217;s hard work and lots of money; you don&#8217;t like the former and don&#8217;t have the latter. 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