We now pause for station identification...
You would think that with being left behind at Salton Sea and nearly erased (blog post), shot with arrows, electrocuted, knocked-out three times a week by being squeezed on the temples (blog post), living in a house run by the inmates of the asylum- i.e the WOLF PACK (that's my Viking older brothers); betrayed and shoved into the hamper of death(blog Post), chased by Jerry and having to throw-up everyday (as a sole means of self-protection) that the poor little guy, Markie D, would end up psychotic, if he somehow managed to survive at all.
The Dahlin's made the Addams Family appear normal!
As you can see- they had nothing on us!
Add to that - the trauma of being singled out by the Nuns at the Catholic school, who took a special interest in paying back the last-born-male of this dysfunctional tribe for all the torment that his brothers had inflicted over the past ten years.
It doesn't take rocket science or a advanced degree in psychology to understand that it was no wonder that by the end of the first week of fifth grade - he had trust and focus issues, learning disabilities among other things. He had developed a slight stutter and other speech problems, he was afraid of the dark, gross smells and deathly afraid of suffocation.
Other than all this, the poor little was doing okay - having fun as long as he stayed on the run.
Bob Dylan was so intrigued by his story, that he wrote a bootleg song that was on the secret track of Another Self Portrait album - simply titled: Markie D.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO759kxMCL8&feature=youtu.be
Click on link (above) to listen!
I guess it's no wonder that the little guy's brain didn't work like it should be....
Getting back to our regular programing: Next time "The Great Escape"
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