Robert Barrows is the President of R.M. Barrows Advertising and Public Relations. He is also the inventor of a video tombstone called the Video Enhanced Gravemarker (U.S. Patent #7,089,495).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video-Enhanced_Grave_Marker

A Video-Enhanced Grave Marker (VEGM) is a Western-style tombstone equipped with weatherproofed video playback that can be initiated by remote control.

The VEGM, invented by Robert Barrows of San Mateo, California, would allow its owner to record messages to be played to any visitor to the site with a remote control.[1] The stones would be equipped with weatherproofed video playback and recording devices plus computer storage and a monitor placed within a weather-proofed, hollowed-out headstone. As of May 2005, Barrows estimated that the costs of the VEGMs might start at about USD$8000 to $10,000.[citation needed]

U.S. Patent 7,089,495 was issued on The Video Enhanced Gravemarker on August 8, 2006. Barrows commented soon after its invention: "I envision being able to walk through a cemetery using a remote control, clicking on graves and what all the people buried there have to say. They can say all the things they didn't have the opportunity or guts to say when they were alive."[1]

To prevent noise pollution, the audio can also be transmitted to wireless headsets, made available by the cemetery's office.

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http://www.barrows.com/invention.html

Some of the impact it might have may be along the following lines:

The invention will change a major aspect of civilization. Cemeteries will come alive with stories told through video-tombstones.
It will change the way we look at life and death and it will even change the way history is told.
When people start recording their own obituaries for playback in video-tombstones, it will force them to examine their lives in ways they may not have even considered before.
It will also create two new industries:
1) Manufacturing video-tombstones
2) Producing videos for use in video-tombstones

COMPANIES THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN MANUFACTURING OR MARKETING THE VIDEO ENHANCED GRAVEMARKER SHOULD CONTACT ROBERT BARROWS AT R.M. BARROWS, INC. AT 650-344-1951.

The video-tombstone will also create a whole new genre of storytelling with incredible television and film potential.

Along these lines, I have also written a novel based on confessions told through video tombstones. The novel is called “Cemetery of Lies” and it is a collection of intimate secret confessions, as told from beyond the grave, through video tombstones.

The stories are about life and love, sex and romance, good and evil, success and money, truth and lies and Heaven and Hell, with insights and advice about almost every aspect of our lives.

PRODUCERS, PUBLISHERS AND AGENTS INTERESTED IN TAKING A LOOK AT THE MANUSCRIPT FOR “CEMETERY OF LIES” SHOULD CONTACT ROBERT BARROWS AT R.M. BARROWS, INC. AT 650-344-1951.

The book, and television and film stories based on it, will help fuel the market for the video-tombstone, and the video tombstone will help fuel the market for the book.

The video tombstone may also create tremendous controversy and it will also raise some free speech issues, because how can you control what somebody might say from “beyond the grave,” and will it be truth or lies?

All of this curiosity and controversy is likely to generate tremendous interest in both the video tombstone and projects that use the video tombstone as a storytelling device.

Please give me a call at 650-344-1951 if you would like any additional information on the “Video Enhanced Gravemarker” or “Cemetery of Lies.”

http://imgur.com/r9fynuK

"Cemetery of Lies" is a collection of intimate secret confessions, as told from beyond the grave, through video tombstones. Plus, the video tombstone is more than just a literary device. It's a patented invention I developed that has been getting worldwide news coverage!

If you like a book with high publicity value and mass appeal, you're going to love "Cemetery of Lies." The stories are about life and love, sex and romance, good and evil, success and money and Heaven and Hell, with insights and advice about almost every aspect of our lives!

Plus, it's an easy read, for a mass audience and the writing is sexy, provocative and humorous, too.

If you're looking for something exciting to publish, take a look at "Cemetery of Lies." Publishers, Agents and Producers may request a copy of the manuscript by contacting Robert Barrows.

http://1on1candidconversations.blogspot.com/2011/02/robert-barrows-in-candid-conversation.html

Imagine the things you might hear from all kinds of video tombstones in the same cemetery.

Who knows what kinds of things people might say from their video tombstones, and who knows who was doing what with whom? You might hear all kinds of stories, many of them intertwined.

They say that dead men tell no tales? Well, not anymore! Wait until you hear what they may be saying about you from one of those video tombstones? And will it be truth or lies?

That’s the premise of a book I wrote about stories told through video tombstones. The book is called “Cemetery of Lies.” It is a collection of intimate, secret confessions, as told from beyond the grave, through video tombstones.

The video tombstone will also create a whole new genre of storytelling, with all kinds of stories being told through video tombstones. It’s an ideal storytelling device for everything from horror stories to love stories and historical pieces.

Video tombstones will also create some fascinating free speech issues, because how can you control what someone might say from their video tombstone?

What if they confess to a crime or make an incrimination?
What if they say something that causes emotional stress?
What if they say something that’s true or untrue about you?
How can you pull the plug and whom can you sue?
Worse yet, how can you collect?

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This scrawny little flat-chested thing is called Prom Date, with all due apologies to my real prom date, who was neither scrawny nor flat-chested. Carved in alabaster 13" high by 7.5" wide by 3" deep.

from Billboard magazine (Dec. 7, 2002):

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http://www.itusedtobemadeinamerica.com/

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It used to be made in America
It used to be made in my town
It used to be made just down the street
Now they’ve shut that factory down

It used to be made in America
It used to be made by my friends
Now it’s made for twelve cents an hour
How are you going to compete with them?

It once had a union label
It said AFL-CIO
Now it’s made someplace, who knows where?
And we watched all those good jobs go.

It used to be made in America
It used to be made right here
Now you can buy it for half the price
If you’ve got any income to spend

It used to be paid in America
The billing was done by my friends
Now they bill it over the internet
In rupees and yuan and yen

http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/bigfoot-imminent-capture-anticipated/article_9b945521-65d6-5e21-90fc-e055913728e0.html

BURLINGAME, CA - (MARKET WIRE) - "The elusive creature known as Bigfoot may not be elusive for very much longer," according to C. Thomas Biscardi, a Bigfoot explorer and founder of the Great American Bigfoot Research Organization.

In the next few days, Biscardi will begin an investigation into a cavernousarea near Happy Camp, California, in which he expects to find evidence of Bigfoot inhabitation and hopefully be able to contain and capture a live creature.

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Organizations interested in acquiring the rights for projects such as publishing, television, film, merchandising, lectures and exhibits based on Biscardi's expeditions can submit their inquiries to Robert Barrows, President of R.M. Barrows, Inc. Advertising and Public Relations at 205 Park Rd., 208, Burlingame, California, 94010, Tel: 650-344-1951. Barrows will be reviewing initial requests and submissions and will be coordinating publicity for the expedition.

http://www.amazon.com/Crazy-Roberts-Poems-Potential-Lyrics-ebook/dp/B00L2UDYNC

This is a book of entertaining and interesting poetry on various subjects like life and death, love, sex and romance, success and money, Heaven and Hell, and thoughts about the origin of the universe. Several of the poems were also written to be potential song lyrics.

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another Billboard ad (accompanying an article about Silverchair from 1999):

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and this one's from 2011 (peddling the same 2 songs he published in 1998):

http://i.imgur.com/3zvgKZj.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om_r0u38Bbk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7OntV3EFZg

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http://www.smartvoter.org/2006/06/06/ca/state/vote/barrows_r/

Results for District 12 San Francisco, San Mateo
100% Precincts Reporting
Votes %

Republican:
Michael Moloney 6,060 43
Mike Garza 5,213 37
Chris Huskins 2,985 21

Democrat:
Tom Lantos 45,988 83
Kevin Hearle 5,341 10
Robert M. Barrows 4,198 8

he is my favorite troll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bHoXgdIuAk

can't believe gr8080/Bill Hitchert hasn't caught onto this guy. his facebook feed is a joy

http://i.imgur.com/iRN5dYR.jpg

and as I've said before, BH should definitely hook up with tombstone entrepreneur Robert Barrows

^oops, meant this for another thread

wow

They say that dead men tell no tales? Well, not anymore!

killed me

awestruck

What if they confess to a crime or make an incrimination?
What if they say something that causes emotional stress?
What if they say something that’s true or untrue about you?
How can you pull the plug and whom can you sue?
Worse yet, how can you collect?

http://i.imgur.com/0bLtJfz.png

http://www.forbes.com/sites/cherylsnappconner/2015/08/18/over-the-top-in-public-relations-the-ideas-that-work-what-falls-flat/2/

Other ideas that have flooded my way include the scary (an Ugly Wife Contest, paired with bulletproof vests, courtesy of Robert Barrows in San Mateo) the highly political (a puppet put on trial outside the UN to protest human rights violations in Iran as President Ahmadinejad was speaking, via Marco Greenberg of NY—he made the front page of NYT and the Jon Stewart Daily Show) and even the heart touching (a display of selfies by victims of debilitating illness to lift their spirits and raise awareness of the conditions they face.)

http://i.imgur.com/88OjLQq.png

missed this thread first time round, doing god's work here unregistered

lol, glad I could be of service

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/art/5376451898.html

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https://www.scribd.com/document/80982751/02-02-12-Edition

Robert Barrows,a local man who brought the world Talking Tombstones and formerly ran for Congress, phoned the Daily Journal Tuesday after reading an article about the images of Hindu deities being displayed on thongs. Barrows, while running for Congress, would typically Google his own name during the campaign and came across an interesting image he had never seen before. Someone was selling custom-made thongs with “Robert Barrows for Congress”printed on them. In retrospect,Barrows told the Daily Journal he wishes he would have bought a few pairs.

https://web.archive.org/web/20080515090354/http://robertbarrowsforcongress2008.com/index.html

17 Dos and Don'ts for the Best Outdoor Sex

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17. If you end up getting it on in the open, don’t fall asleep
“It was about 10 p.m. on a Saturday night and we were at a party at a house in the mountains and every room was full of people, including my bedroom. We wanted to go to bed and have some sex, so we took our blankets and walked over the hillside to a nice, flat yard just a few minutes away, away from all the people. When we woke up in the morning, we found we were in the backyard of a Church on Sunday morning.” — Robert Barrows, President of R.M. Barrows, Inc. Advertising and Public Relations

Craziest Things That Have Happened During Hypnosis | Reader's Digest

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“I was hypnotized onstage at a meeting where there was a hypnotist doing a demonstration,” says Robert M. Barrows, president of an advertising agency in Burlingame, California. “After my part was over, the hypnotist said, ‘OK, take your seat.’ I literally picked up my chair. He said that when people are under hypnosis, they often take things literally, and he realized that I was still under hypnosis, so he took me under again and then took me out of hypnosis.”

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http://www.flashnews.com/news/wfn1060405J24355.html

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California Candidate Using Rap To Run For Congress

BURLINGAME, Calif. (Wireless Flash - FlashNews) – A congressional candidate in California’s Bay Area with a passion for writing rap lyrics is hoping to hip voters to his political views with some dope rhymes.

Robert Barrows, a Bill Gates look-alike who is running as a Democrat for California’s 12th Congressional District seat, has already released two hip hop songs about politics.

One is called “Run for Office” and the other is called “Big Bucks,” both are gritty political satires skewering big money power politics that recall the Warren Beatty movie, Bulworth.

The thing is, both songs were written in 1989, years before the Beatty flick, back when one of Barrows’ favorite MCs, Ice Cube, ruled the rap charts.

Barrows is challenging longtime Republican incumbent Tom Lantos, but notes he’s not running “to sell songs but to save lives” on a strong anti-Iraq war platform.

A sample of the lyrics from “Run for Office”: If I turn out to a s–– heel/ just remember who you voted for, that’s for real/ I’m here for the kill/ Gonna run for office!

https://i.imgur.com/ARrM6Dh.jpg

30-day returns, nice

easy to rip it to your hard drive and then return it for free, HA!