Dick Barnett

A ADVENTUROUS RIDE INTO THE DIVERSIFIED LIFE OF DR. DICK BARNETT. UNKNOWING YOUTH, ATHLETE, SCHOLAR, PROFESSOR, AND BENEFICIARY OF THE NEVER ENDING DRAMA OF 15 MINUTES OF FAME.
THE UNFAILING SOJOURN INTO LIFE'S UNCERTAINTIES, GUIDED AND INFLUENCED BY PEER BEHAVIOR, CULTURAL IDEATIONS, AND THE SEVERE ADMONITIONS OF A LOVING FAMILY, SET THE THE STAGE FOR CURIOSITY, DETERMINATION, AND SELF SACRIFICE ONCE I IDENTIFIED MY PASSION, FOCUS ON MY AMBITION, AND ASSIDUOUSLY DECIDED TO LIVE MY DREAMS.

THE BLACKTOP BECAME MY MISTRESS, WINTER, SUMMER, SPRING, AND FALL, WITHOUT FAIL, ACADEMICS WAS NEGLECTED, SOCIAL LIFE WAS WAS TENOUS, AND STRUGGLES OF POOR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES DOMINATED MY WORLDVIEW. BUT, UNDERGIRDING THIS MENTAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONUNDRUM , WAS THE UNERRING BELIEF, THAT MY ULTIMATE DREAM, WAS COMMANDED BY A TOUCH, UNFELT, A VOICE, UNHEARD, AND A SIGHT, UNSEEN, LEADING TO MY UNSCRIPTED