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59. Eradicating evil

*cough* I don't like that very much.

You've got many that pertain to v.commers! I'll try using it to impress Alaskans ;-) Excuse me...entertain Alaskans. Sorry about that, hehe. your counting is like nails on a chalkboard...i'm not ocd...

maybe you should have used your metronome to help you count ths one...or go back to kindergarten.
I prefer the latter. or the ladder.

Emily - I think maybe you have been living in Alaska for too long. Emily at her prime!

211. Counting...

A few Christmases ago I asked my parents to get me nothing but a large, triangular wooden Whittner metronome, one with a nice pendulum to watch. I cost something like a million dollars.

I have two others, a Dr. Beat (with dead batteries, but it can go up to something like 330 beats a second) and then an old Tempus that I can stuff in my case -- it gives a nice loud tick with a red light.

I love old-fashioned one best, though. Rhythm needs motion, yes?

Thank you for this list, Emily. Now that I don't have to practice excerpts, I will be looking at all these other uses for my metronomic machinery...

How about 223: Tormenting cats ? Sydney, you are entertaining enough as it is!

Danielle, the numbers are good. You can relax now, I promise.

Laurie, I do hope your audition went well. I bet you're relieved.

Wanda, #233 ...gnitnuoC

Tom, you're right. 7 years is too long. 6 would have been perfect. Now I must stay for 28. That will be perfect, too. :)

Keith, I don't have a cat, so I haven't gotten to try that out. I don't know if it's morally acceptable to buy a cat for the primary purpose of torturing.

And Linda,

To truly be great, one must overcome at least one nemesis.

Emily,
did you ever study the Diffie-Helman function? Very efficient to hide an information. Lol...i gotta try some of these...
hehe...there was this one time (it was like the day before a recital) my rhythm, for some reason, was little off...so that night, before i went to bed, i turned my metronome on, then put it on to about the speed of the peice i was to be performing...and i held it close to me...and slept with it... My cat gets mesmerized watching my mechanical metronome. He sits about 6 inches away and follows each beat with his head. At least this keeps him from chasing after my bow... Soren, #227 and #229 are currently involved in a Diffie-Hellman encryption process. Shh, it's a secret. wow.. I better try now :) Good to see that someone is thinking outside the box, coming up with all these new ways of fully utilising the under-utilised musical equipment.

Tell me, what tempo should I use if I want to communicate with the dead? I'd like to get in touch with Oistrakh!

Your metronome should tell you. Each one is different. Emily, I like #61, but you should have listed it several times. Your list is a prime example of creativity. My very favorite prime is rib.