Ben

Librarian. Nerd like whoa. LGBTQ+. Feminist. Heathen. Gamer. Medievalist & Historian at heart.

[Ben @BenrRiddari]

If I have to tell you to pull up your mask, and your response is that Nobody is here, I want to remind you as a classics major that it did not go well for the Cyclops.

[Ben @BenrRiddari]

This is the 3rd time I have remembered this Twitter account.

[Ben @BenrRiddari]

Love when people struggle to rattle off LGBTQ as a spoken term. We are alphabet soup, and I am here for it.

[Carla Hayden @LibnOfCongress]

.@EricKlinenberg to librarians everywhere: “Thank you for everything you do.” #ALAAC19 #LOCatALA

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I am in the same room as @LibnOfCongress Carla Hayden! Fanboy-ing like whoa #alaac19

[Ben @BenrRiddari]

Gobsmacked. #alaac19

[Ben @BenrRiddari]

Holy crap I get to see Justice Sotomayor today.

[Ben @BenrRiddari]

When ABC CLIO is like... When are you gonna write for us? I am like... Deadpan omg pause.

[Ben @BenrRiddari]

Stoked.

[Ben @BenrRiddari]

My parking pass system was down and GPS brought me to the wrong side of the building... But I made it.

[Ben @BenrRiddari]

Alright. Day two driving to DC solo. I got this.

[Ben @BenrRiddari]

"Can I add squid to that?"
I married a bougie man.

[Ben @BenrRiddari]

& traffic.

[Ben @BenrRiddari]

We get it DC. You're very warm. Take pity on this Michigander.

[Ben @BenrRiddari]

Totes got a high five in @librarycongress for my Ravenclaw shirt. Feels like I belong.

[Ben @BenrRiddari]

You know you're at a library conference when the prereg line already is overflowing at the opening of registration.

[Ben @BenrRiddari]

#alaac19

[Ben @BenrRiddari]

Oh hey.
Twitter. That place where libraries happen.
Probably should pay attention again. Whoops?

[Fake Library Statistics @FakeLibStats]

40% of library staff have perfected the skill of eating cake without using utensils

[Ben @BenrRiddari]

Oh yeah.
Twitter is a thing.
Whoops?