Emotional Backpacker Mugs

People looking worried, sad and angry wait at the Emotional Baggage Carousel

Kiosk in large lobby with sign above it labeled 'Empathy'.

A tourist inadvertently destroying the place he is visiting

'A sitcom has to be quirky or formulaic. There is no middle way.'

"Y'know, I don't know what I'd do without her, but I'd sure like to find out."

'He's been back packing around India and doesn't he want everyone to know it.'

"I want more than anonymous sex. I want anonymous intimacy."

"Dr. Stolner says it might be nice if I let you see my dark side."

"I hope someday someone steals my identity and makes something out of my life."

"Let's text her, she'd like that."

"Naturally you have trouble getting in touch with your innermost feelings. You're a hollow choclate bunny."

Well, I feel a lot better - he says there's a method to my madness.

Information...

"Oh no! You, again?"

"Sure, I was a big hit at the party. . . a smashing success. . . I let it all hang out. . . So, why do I feel so empty inside???"

"Slow down. This stuff is gold, I’m tellin’ ya! Gold!"

"Don't try to understand them, just ride and rope and brand them."

When packing for a weekend with Enid, Chad allowed for all kinds of emotional weather.

"I'm pregnant."

"Sometimes when we touch, the honesty's too much, and I have to close my eyes and hide...in a sports bar with Andrew and Phil."

NO crying in the wilderness after 10 PM.

'She got all the soap opera channels at a discount -- it's some kind of 'frequent cryer' program.'

'He left me for a guy. I don't know how I'm supposed to feel.'

'I always say the wrong thing - which makes me feel worse. I don't know how to handle other people's pain.'

"More powerful than a locomotive...yes, but emotionally fragile."

"You call this opening up?"

I Pagliacci

'Oh Yeah ... That's the Ex.'

'Sheesh! Every time. Well, you people knew what you were getting into!'

"No, there's nothing wrong. I just took a shortcut through the onions."

'I take it you've never been part of a pop-up psychology group.'

Weeping an Ocean

Psychiatrist releases 'bottled-up' angry man.

"Emotionally he's a child and physically he's a child."

"Anticipation. Anticipation. Anticipation. Anticipation. Yee haw! Nostalgia. Nostalgia. Nostalgia. Old age. Shoot."