Douglas Mercer
November 3 2024
.........it speaks for itself, it goes without saying, it comes and it goes, it’s a long story, it’s nothing but a thing, it’s neither here nor there, it’s on the way, it’s always something, it’s coming down fast, it’s coming up, it’s very old and it’s very lovely, it’s right, it’s going to be alright, it’s like pulling teeth, it's too late to stop now, it’s about time, it’s high time, it’s whatever you want it to be, it is used to refer to a thing previously mentioned or easily identified, it is used in the normal subject position in statements about time, distance, and weather, it is exactly what is desired or needed, it is itself open to criticism, it is not surprising that it should now be felt that a view, a decision, a conviction are imperatively needed, it is the player in children’s games that others have to find, it is an Old English word of Germanic origin, it's educational, it's like winning the pools, it destroys memory, it shall not touch with breath of bale the pleasure of our fairy tale, it could not have had a hand in the mischief, it is a demonstrative pronoun, it pursues visible results by means of which one demonstrates to oneself that one can do things which only a short time before one believed impossible, it was the most horrible, the most repellent thing she had ever seen, far more nauseating than anything she had ever imagined with her conscious mind, or that had ever tormented her in her most terrible nightmares, it's the only explanation you will find, it makes you think, it's the thought that counts, it is the final moment in a fictional work, it's dead in the water, it is the closing sequence after the climax of the story, it follows the falling action, it is the disembodied brain with powerful telepathic abilities that controls the planet, it was fun while it lasted, it ties up loose ends and answers unanswered questions, it was the only language he understood, it will knock your socks off, it’s nothing, it’s hard to believe he’s not the real thing, it’s the certainty that unnerves them, it’s getting pretty late, it should not be underestimated, it can serve as an epilogue, it may not always fee feel like a resolution, its function is to generally resolve an otherwise irresolvable plot situation and to surprise the audience, it could even be said that postmodernism and related schools such as deconstructionism paved the ground for the epistemological doubt which pervades the world today as the hermeneutics of suspicion, it is not a question but a lesson learned in time, it announces itself the center of attention for even if it's dead it still tries to manage the story, it’s something unpredictable, it is too simple, it never ends, it makes use of elaborate encoding, retrieval cues and imagery as specific tools to encode information in a way that allows for efficient storage and retrieval, it's my view, it’s a love that lasts forever, it happens someplace else, its power corrupts all who desire it, it comes in total power, it's a real place, it’s a love that has no past, it’s where it’s at, it’s better up here, it’s time for stormy weather, it’s alive, it is nothing to be afraid of, it aids original information in becoming associated with something more accessible or meaningful—which in turn provides better retention of the information, it is a string of pagan lays edited by monks, it is the work of a learned but inaccurate antiquarian, it is a work of genius, rare and surprising in the period, though the genius seems to have been shown principally in doing something much better left undone, it is a wild folk-tale, it is a poem of an aristocratic and courtly tradition, it is a hotchpotch, it a sociological, anthropological, archaeological document, it is a mythical allegory, it is rude and rough, it is a masterpiece of metrical art, it has no shape at all, it is singularly weak in construction, it a clever allegory of contemporary politics, it is even better than the real thing, it’s the shit, it’s picture perfect, it’s a universal referent that can stand for anything in a sentence, it’s never quite what it seems, it seems like years since it’s been here, it’s now or never, it drifts in and out, it was made in this land, and moves in our northern world beneath our northern sky, and for those who are native to that tongue and land, it is waiting for its moment to manifest, it depends on what the meaning of is is, it's time we stopped fixing our sights on next year or the next election and instead fix them on eternity, it's coming today, it is dreaming, it’s been coming for some time, it explains itself, it's a small world, it’s neither one nor the other, it’s all I want to do, it is to idols that men turned (and turn) for quick and literal answers. it’s not business as usual, it pays to be a little wild, it provides the basis for chaos magic, it matters not, it’s about time, it’s only a matter of time, it’s up in the air, it falls on deaf ears, it takes two to tango, it’s in the bag, it’s not over until it’s over, it’s not over until the fat lady sings, it’s always the last place you look, it was a dark and stormy night, it’s almost unknown, it’s worth it, it can be done, it must be done, it will be done, it’s only a Northern song, it’s all too much, it’s been so long, it must ever call with a profound appeal – until the dragon comes, it isn’t silly at all, it could be heaven, it is not living, it could be hell, it’s a feeling that may never end, it is neither distant nor far away, it does no good to deny it, it is knowing, it just so happens, it’s a just so story, it’s getting hard to be someone, it doesn’t matter much to me, it’s just one of those things that happens from time to time, it’s just the cost of doing business, it’s later than you think, it may never be the same again, it goes in one ear and out the other, it’s getting better all the time, it has total recall, it can’t get no worse, it is scheming, it was totally out of the blue, it’s not what you think, it’s blitzkrieg bop, it's hiding in plain sight, it has happened before but there is nothing to compare to it now, it always starts in Oklahoma, it’s been a long time coming, it is only the whole which is inviolable, it’s what you’ve been waiting for, it is being, it’s a knock out, it’s all or nothing, it’s all because of you, it was nice talking to you, it can’t hurt, it doesn’t hurt to ask, it’s just as well, it’s no wonder, it’s nothing personal, it's plain to see, it’s everything I want the world to be, it is undeniably weighty, it is a national epic, it is a translation from the Danish, it was imported by Frisian traders, it is a burden to English syllabuses, it is worth studying, it is what it is, it’s easy, it is the power that through the green fuse powers the flower, it never ceases to amaze me, it’s hard to explain, it’s not a question but a flat statement, it rains, it shines, it just started rocking and then went over the edge, it’s tried and true, it’s nearly midnight, it seems like forever, it’s hard to picture, it used to be, it’s like Moet and Chandon, it will be just like starting over, it’s what happens when you spend enough time driving around in a van solving mysteries, it is not dying, it is not lying, it is of their nature that the jabberwocks of historical and antiquarian research burble in the tulgy wood of conjecture, flitting from one tum-tum tree to another, it's good to be king, it's later than you think, it loves to happen, it will be a Universe above all Universes of pure consciousness beyond the Nature we know now a world of pure and instant creation without end.........
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Notes:
IT: information technology
It is a 1986 horror novel by American author Stephen King. It was King's 22nd book and the 17th novel written under his own name. The story follows the experiences of seven children as they are terrorized by an evil entity that exploits the fears of its victims to disguise itself while hunting its prey. It primarily appears in the form of Pennywise the Dancing Clown to attract its preferred prey of young children. It is an ancient monster with a hold on the town. It deals with themes that eventually became King staples: the power of memory, childhood trauma and its recurrent echoes in adulthood, the malevolence lurking beneath the idyllic façade of the American small town and overcoming evil through mutual trust and sacrifice.
Iteration def: The repetition of an utterance or process. Iteration is a term that means the repetition of a process or a cycle of operations. Each repetition of the process is called an iteration, and the outcome of each iteration is the starting point for the next iteration. Iteration is the repetition of a mathematical or computational procedure applied to the result of a previous application, typically as a means of obtaining successively closer approximations to the solution of a problem. Iteration is the repetition of a process in order to generate a (possibly unbounded) sequence of outcomes. Each repetition of the process is a single iteration, and the outcome of each iteration is then the starting point of the next iteration. In mathematics and computer science iteration (along with the related technique of recursion) is a standard element of algorithms.
