Tag Archives: funny farm

Beautiful Dragon Called Bipolar

September 7, 2008 – 2:40 pm

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I once read that the Chinese dragon we see in parades and such is an emblem of an enemy to defeat. By making ones enemy beautiful, it is thought that one can better defeat him. Depression is well known to have risen in diagnosis in past decades.  Other mental illnesses remain in the shadows.  For [...]

By Damien Riley | Posted in Psychology | Also tagged bipolar, chinese dragon, Demystified, medical, mental illness, People, people with mental illness, Psychology, research on the brain, stigma | Comments (0)

Damien Riley, "Present!"

June 4, 2008 – 4:40 pm

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I asked myself a question today as I was preparing to go out into my Truman Show here at the Funny Farm here I call my life. The question was based half on Eckhart Tolle’s book, A New Earth and half on my own outlook on life. Blogs can be a great way to [...]

By Damien Riley | Posted in Health, Inspiration, Psychology | Also tagged blog, brain, cognitive side, consciousness, Damien Riley, Eckhart, eckhart tolle, Funny, journal, life, life less ordinary, mantra, neurophilosophy, philosophical side, teacher, truman show | Comments (0)

All Set to Rock The Funny Farm :: Summer of 2008

May 5, 2008 – 2:32 am

I wish I had the budget to buy you all MP3 players. may7be someday …
Thanks to the guest bloggers listed below who posted in my stead the past week:
A Question of Preparation by Marcia
Stop The Criticism, Inspire Your Children by Derek Semmler
Have You Been Inspired Lately? by Katelyn
You don’t have to… by Chelle
Home Sweet [...]

By Damien Riley | Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged blogger, Blogging A to Z, chelle, Derek, Derek Semmler, Funny, guest blog, Inspiration, Inspire, Postcards, Psychology, Rock Chick, semmler, updates | Comments (0)

Dr. Seuss: Quirky is Good

February 28, 2008 – 7:03 pm

I’ve written about many of my heroes here at the Funny Farm but none of them are quite as special to me as Dr. Seuss. Maybe it’s because he is a proponent of reading or maybe it’s because he is wacked out of his mind (like he’s from the funny farm here with us). [...]

By Damien Riley | Posted in Inspiration, Self Improvement | Also tagged art, book, books, charles schulz, children, children s books, dr seuss, hero, Horton, imagination, Inspiration, lesson, life, Mulberry Street, rejection, theodor geisel, Work | Comments (0)

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