"My psychiatrist told me that I was crazy...and, I said I wanted a second opinion.  He said okay...and, you're ugly, too."  Rodney Dangerfield

normal; (definition);  approximately average in any psychological trait; as intelligence; personality; or emotional adjustment; 

"To be sane...is awfully boring."  R.A. Salvatore

"Where to look...if you've lost your mind."  Bernard Malamud

"You have no idea how crazy I am.  I should be wearing a yellow caution tape...that's how bonkers I am."  Robin Benway

"When the whole world is crazy...it doesn't pay to be sane."  Terry Goodkind

Believe me...I've been asked several times in my lifetime, if I'm a little crazy or not.  There are times, when I begain to wonder.  One day, I was working on a project, and I needed a list of some of my favorite things in life...and, the list went something like this; 

My favorite movie;  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; 

My favorite snack: koo-koos

My favorite golfer: Curtis Strange

My favorite website: crazyfads.com

My favorite song(s): "Crazy" (Patsy Cline); "A Room
Without Windows"

My favorite tool:  nutcracker

My favoriet magazine: Psychology Today

My favorite television series: Crazy Like a Fox

My favorite gadget: cuckoo clock

My favorite comedian: Weird Al Yankovich

My favorite radio station: (KRZY/KRAZY) -country)  Albuquerque, NM

My favorite dessert: nut cake

My favorite directory: Crazy Town Directory

My favorite cartoon(s): Looney-Tunes

My favorite glue: Crazy Glue

My favorite manufacturer: Crazy Creek
  Products

My favorite mental institution: Belleview 

 M-m-m-m-maybe I should go in to see my shrink...Dr. Strangelove...m-m-m-m...m-m-m...

"My friends and I are crazy!  That's the only thing that keeps us sane!"  Billy Joel

WELCOME TO THE FUNNY FARM...(wish you were here)

On the serious side of things...

Professionals/researchers tell us that having the ability to laugh at ourselves, at all the "crazy" and "insane" things we all say and do do...is healthy for us!

So, much, so...that I have devoted an entire section to mental illness on my website.  This is one of the most important pages on my website.

BUT, THERE IS NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS! 

Humor helps us all to cope.  Example;  I suffered a stroke in May, 2012.  After I was discharged from the hospital, it didn't take me long, as I pushed my walker (off the property), and fell into the gutter!  A few months later, I was able to have a little chuckle about this incident, and humor has helped me in my recovery, etc. Guess what?  I still have my sense of humor!  There's nothing funny about a stroke, either.  But, as my recovery continues, I'm trying to find the positive things about how the stroke has affected me, etc.  Four months after the stroke...I'm still trying to find out if I'm getting back to NORMAL...scary, eh?  I don't know, at this point, if I want to be NORMAL or not. 

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In trying to mix the serious issue like mental illness and humor was not easy for me as I pondered the question when I built the Funny Farm. (2001)  . 

To be NORMAL is over-rated!

 (partial solution)  If people all over the country would just mind their own businesss...there would not be so much stress in this society...and therefore, there COULD be a lower rate of mental illness. (In 2012, there's too much pressure on people to do this...OR to do that!).   So, my message to all American's out there...

MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS...and, for once in your life...think about helping others...instead of just yourself... 

People all over the country, have to be helped by others, with their problems...and NOT ridiculed and/or teased by others...which makes things worse...

- Stigma (definition) shame or social disgrace

Purpose: Funny Farm:
To raise awareness...the stigma concerning mental illness in this country, must be eliminated and we all have to do our part.

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