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February 16, 2016 by Betsy Bird

Caption Contest: What Is Betsy Thinking?

February 16, 2016 by Betsy Bird   14 comments

This photo was shot at the Social Media Institute hosted two weeks ago at National Louis University in partnership with the Center for Teaching Through Children’s Books and SCBWI.  It shows me sitting between the illustrious Mike Lewis (he of the oddly fuzzy tie) and the incomparable Colby Sharp.

SeriousBetsy

So the question before you is this: What am I thinking?

It’s a caption contest, folks.  Go!

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Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.

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About Betsy Bird

Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.

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  1. Brenda says

    February 16, 2016 at 6:14 am

    It’s a blurred out microphone, btw. That’s not the caption. “When’s lunch?”

  2. Joseph Miller says

    February 16, 2016 at 8:23 am

    Besty: Ignore the fuzzy tie, ignore the fuzzy tie. I’m a professional. I can do this. Ignore the… why’s it fuzzy!?

    • Joseph Miller says

      February 16, 2016 at 8:26 am

      Or:

      Betsy: I wonder if I can get Mike Lewis’s #fuzzytie trending on Twitter. Yes, I think I can.

    • Mike Lewis says

      February 19, 2016 at 3:55 pm

      It’s a specialty dancing tie. It just moves to fast to be caught with the human eye.

  3. melanie hope greenberg says

    February 16, 2016 at 10:18 am

    “Who are these people? What am I doing here? Never mind, Senior Moment.”

  4. Roger Sutton says

    February 16, 2016 at 10:31 am

    “A place where there isn’t any trouble. Do you think there is such a place, Toto?”

  5. Nathan Hale says

    February 16, 2016 at 10:37 am

    “I should buy a boat.”

    (yes, I know that’s from a popular internet meme, but it is a panel on social media)

  6. Victoria Stapleton says

    February 16, 2016 at 10:38 am

    Did I leave the oven on?

  7. M. Azarian says

    February 16, 2016 at 10:59 am

    Those curtains have pizzazz.

  8. Carl in Charlotte says

    February 16, 2016 at 11:33 am

    “If I concentrate long enough, I’ll visualize the Newbery and Caldecott winners for the next 25 years. Then I make a few bets and my kids’ college funds are in the bank.”

  9. Jim says

    February 16, 2016 at 3:40 pm

    Hmm…probably shouldn’t have had that pepperoni for lunch. Stay cool; blame Sharp.

    • Colby says

      February 17, 2016 at 6:17 am

      Nice.

  10. Tracey Elrod says

    February 18, 2016 at 6:39 am

    The new Harry Potter book….is a play?

  11. Rich says

    February 25, 2016 at 2:20 pm

    “Is John Snow still alive?”

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