Twenty-three years ago - when I was 17 and had just graduated from high-school - someone broke into my house while I was sleeping, came into my bed, climbed on top of me, held a gun to my head and rap

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Though we've been assured that Randy Barth sleeps, we're not at all sure when he finds time for that.

Most people are surprised when I tell them I never went to college, and even more surprised that I didn't graduate high school. Why? Because, by anyone's standards, I'm a success story.

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