Emotional Repressor Gifts

"When I was your age, I'd mastered repression."

Forlornaments: Tools to drain individual and team spirit

'I have much less stress since I replaced my in box with a paper shredder.'

"They retired me. Just like that. Seems I'm no good over 55 mph anymore." "How does that make you feel?" "Like I want to bash my head against a wall!"

Emotional Bling

"The majestic way they climb higher and higher until they seem to kiss the sky reminds me of the huge pile of work I have waiting for me when I get back."

"To listen to your instincts, press one."

'Hey! We've never tried a 'pity' strategy before...'

A shrink charges $200 an hour, but double chocolate layer cake is only $19.95.

"The tissues are for crying."

'It's not your fault, Dewey. Whenever a call doesn't go his way, he goes ballistic.'

"Die alone"

"This isn't his audition...he's telling us about being an actor."

"I've decided to forgo expensive gifts with acts of apathy."

4 steps to tantrum.

"You have to learn to live in the now. Maybe next week – our time is up."

"No matter how dire the problem...no more memos that start with 'YIKES!'"

'I hate this constant atmosphere of always worrying about meeting a deadline.'

"I've learned to express my anger through my writing instead."

"I tried blogging, texting and tweeting. . . but there's no better way to express anger than barking!"

'I'm shaking a bit!'

"Can we cut the 'touchy-feely' stuff, and just get to the happy pill."

"I want you to leave and take your headlong slide into oblivion with you."

Sad Face Medals.

"This is Dave, he'll be second guessing your every move."

Caged Fury

Here we like to keep anger tied up.

My little brother's a child of many moods, and judging from his appearance, also many flavors.

You know how I was watching "Highway to Heaven" on Youtube? Yeah. You loved it, but then once you saw that "Birds of a Feather" episode, you hated it. Yeah. But now I love it again, because of season 2 episode 18: "To Bind the Wounds." Particularly the scene starting at 36 minutes and 11 seconds, and the rest of the way through. By the end of it, I was sobbing like a baby. I don't think there's anything worse than a grown man sobbing at his iPhone. You can see me sob at the 43:28 mark in my reac

I thought he was a good listener, but he's just dumb.

Missing you.

'They say that those who most disturb us are our most powerful teachers...'

Once a year in the spring, Randy 'The Rock' Taylor, the cafe's stoic love stud, experiences deep emotion. He does't want the world to know or acknowledge it's depth.

Murray relives a favorite watershed moment in his life.

"You're great at expressing your emotions. What you're bottling up now is job skills."