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The Tidbits Issue

Amy Kellner's Tidbits

HAUNTED JEAN JACKETI think this jacket is really funny, but I have it hanging near my bed and sometimes in the dark it looks like a scary old-man face and it gives me nightmares.

HAUNTED JEAN JACKET

I think this jacket is really funny, but I have it hanging near my bed and sometimes in the dark it looks like a scary old-man face and it gives me nightmares.

VALLEY GIRL BOOK

I memorized this book when I was nine. The slang in here is awesome; they call a shopping mall “the Bonerama.” I really wanna bring that back.



WONDERING JEW LEAVES

That’s me. I was a wondering Jew and I left. I keep it on my wall to remind me of my newfound secular freedom.

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SAD CLOWN NEEDLEPOINT

Jim Krewson made this for me. It pretty much defines my entire aesthetic, and my basic philosophy too.

SIEGFRIED & ROY MUG
My great-aunt got me this from Las Vegas—totally unironically. She said, “I got this for you because I know you like cats!”

UGLY OR SPECIAL?

I asked the saleslady if this doll was, “you know, special” and she answered, “Um, yeah! She’s a special little dolly!” So now I don’t know if it’s supposed to look like it has Down syndrome or if it’s just kinda ugly.

DOUGHNUT HEAD

Another gift from Jim Krewson, who is not only a great artist, but the best gift-giver ever.

DAD’S ’NAM ZIPPO

My dad got this when he was in the Navy during the Vietnam War. He had a girlfriend named Nippy in Bangkok.

MOM’S PERIOD BOOK

My mom gave me this book when I got my period. It was hers from when she got her period. I was like, what’s a “sanitary belt”?

JERRI BLANK

AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO

It says “Pee on me, lesbo.”

People go nuts when they see this in my house.