http://silenciobarnes.com Poet, Musician and Writer for Hire Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:39:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Poet, Musician and Writer for Hire SilencioBarnes.com no Rasheen Armstrong - All Rights Reserved Poet, Musician and Writer for Hire http://silenciobarnes.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://silenciobarnes.com/category/random-thoughts/ http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/matters-large-and-small/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=matters-large-and-small http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/matters-large-and-small/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:32:12 +0000 SilencioBarnes http://silenciobarnes.com/?p=1990 Matters Large and Small – recorded on my phone – Just some random (incoherent?) thoughts on life, the universe and everything…cuz…sometimes I wonder ;) It’s at 48,000khz – forgot to downsample it to 44,100khz – hopefully it’ll still work for ya if you download it. Join the forum discussion on this post

]]> http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/matters-large-and-small/feed/ 0 Audio Blog,audio included,deliverance-from-darkness,download included,everything,facebookiconsmall,fade,ill-make-you-my-wife-with-a-diamond-ring-lyrics,kingsof,kingsofkings,life,poetry-writer-for-hire Matters Large and Small - recorded on my phone - Just some random (incoherent?) thoughts on life, the universe and everything...cuz...sometimes I wonder ;) - It's at 48,000khz - forgot to downsample it to 44, Matters Large and Small - recorded on my phone - Just some random (incoherent?) thoughts on life, the universe and everything...cuz...sometimes I wonder ;) It's at 48,000khz - forgot to downsample it to 44,100khz - hopefully it'll still work for ya if you download it. SilencioBarnes.com no 1:51 http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/somtimes-i-wonder/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=somtimes-i-wonder http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/somtimes-i-wonder/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:09:37 +0000 SilencioBarnes http://silenciobarnes.com/?p=1977 Sometimes I Wonder – recorded on my phone – mono – but I hear mono doesn’t play well with some mp3 and flash players… Join the forum discussion on this post

]]> http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/somtimes-i-wonder/feed/ 1 apictureofsilk,Audio Blog,audio included,daydreaming,daydreaming-hrvatski,download included,federaltaxes,httpsilenciobarnes-com,imagessilk,ipek,peekin-in-my-window-hip-hop,Random Thoughts Sometimes I Wonder - recorded on my phone - mono - but I hear mono doesn't play well with some mp3 and flash players... Sometimes I Wonder - recorded on my phone - mono - but I hear mono doesn't play well with some mp3 and flash players... SilencioBarnes.com no 51 http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/unity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unity http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/unity/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:30:11 +0000 SilencioBarnes http://silenciobarnes.com/?p=1966 Imagine All The People Seriously. Let us imagine, for just a minute, that we were a species. A race. The human race Let us imagine that with this recognition, we are no longer other things No longer colors, and no longer preferences or sexual orientations No longer this club or that activity. This party or [...]

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]]> http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/seeking-something-greater/feed/ 0 http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/reaching-for-the-light-switch-in-the-dark-and-not-being-able-to-find-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reaching-for-the-light-switch-in-the-dark-and-not-being-able-to-find-it http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/reaching-for-the-light-switch-in-the-dark-and-not-being-able-to-find-it/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:53:32 +0000 SilencioBarnes http://silenciobarnes.com/?p=1771 Have you ever woke in the night and it’s pitch black You get up, maybe to go to the bathroom or to go to the kitchen And you reach to flick on the hall or bathroom light …but it’s not there You swipe your hand up and down the wall And for a split second, [...]

]]> http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/reaching-for-the-light-switch-in-the-dark-and-not-being-able-to-find-it/feed/ 0 http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/abortion-why-is-it-such-a-big-deal-pro-choice-pro-life-but-what-about-pro-freedom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=abortion-why-is-it-such-a-big-deal-pro-choice-pro-life-but-what-about-pro-freedom http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/abortion-why-is-it-such-a-big-deal-pro-choice-pro-life-but-what-about-pro-freedom/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:48:21 +0000 SilencioBarnes http://silenciobarnes.com/?p=1432 Update 05/29/2010 – Here is a blog post on mincing the term “pro-life” – it’s written by Joshua Holland and touches on one of the subjects that I write about here. I link to it here because he puts it much better than I can :P Abortion, Why is it Such a Big Deal? Abortion. [...]

]]> http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/abortion-why-is-it-such-a-big-deal-pro-choice-pro-life-but-what-about-pro-freedom/feed/ 28 http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/on-thought-and-nothingness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-thought-and-nothingness http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/on-thought-and-nothingness/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:40:51 +0000 SilencioBarnes http://silenciobarnes.com/?p=1340 On Thoughts and Nothingness or, It is What it is It is What it Is Life is full of contradiction and inconsistency. But life is just life; it’s the human mind and the collective conscious that adds so much complexity to something that is so simple. Consider this: We live and we die. That’s it. [...]

]]> http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/on-thought-and-nothingness/feed/ 2 http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/what-is-freedom-and-why-dont-we-have-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-freedom-and-why-dont-we-have-it http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/what-is-freedom-and-why-dont-we-have-it/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:32:50 +0000 SilencioBarnes http://silenciobarnes.com/?p=1298 The Problem With the Idea of Freedom in the U.S. The problem with freedom – the idea of freedom – is that no one wants it. That is to say, no one wants to put in the work necessary to achieve it. The sort of concerted effort needed may be currently beyond our reach. We [...]

]]> http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/what-is-freedom-and-why-dont-we-have-it/feed/ 6 http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/asking-for-help/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=asking-for-help http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/asking-for-help/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:08:50 +0000 SilencioBarnes http://silenciobarnes.com/?p=1153 Today, my horoscope had this to say: You should find that people are more than willing to step up and help you in almost any way you need them to — but of course you’ve got to swallow your pride and ask directly first! I’m not an avid follower of all things astrological or anything [...]

]]> http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/asking-for-help/feed/ 3 http://silenciobarnes.com/reviews/movies-tv/skippy-snack-bar-commercial-with-the-elephants/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=skippy-snack-bar-commercial-with-the-elephants http://silenciobarnes.com/reviews/movies-tv/skippy-snack-bar-commercial-with-the-elephants/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:53:02 +0000 SilencioBarnes http://silenciobarnes.com/?p=959 Skippy Snack Bar Commercial With the Elephants I have no idea how people didn’t like this commercial…I mean, really…It’s SKIPPY!!!! That’s what’s in the jar, the very same Skippy that’s what’s in the bar!!!! Honestly, I thought they caught a legitimate reggae vibe with this one. The song has been stuck in my head for [...]

]]> http://silenciobarnes.com/reviews/movies-tv/skippy-snack-bar-commercial-with-the-elephants/feed/ 3 http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/idea-for-a-new-twitter-app/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=idea-for-a-new-twitter-app http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/idea-for-a-new-twitter-app/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:41:11 +0000 SilencioBarnes http://silenciobarnes.com/?p=251 Actually, this post is here strictly as a response to @CalRobert who responded to a question I had. I’m still having troubles posting on Twitter from the web, either from it’s attack this last Thursday (here:) or from the fact that FireFox 3.5 users have been having trouble posting from the web (see here). And [...]

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]]> http://silenciobarnes.com/music/rap-music-is-it-music/feed/ 1 http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/prostitution-female/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prostitution-female http://silenciobarnes.com/random-thoughts/prostitution-female/#comments Tue, 08 May 2007 19:28:00 +0000 SilencioBarnes http://silenciobarnes.com/05/08/2007/prostitution-female/ Note: This post is the result of a MyLot discussion of the same subject. You can view it here Prostitution (female) The thing about prostitution is that throughout the world and even throughout history, prostitution has been many different things to different people. I specify female prostitution only because the connotation of the word more [...]

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