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Caption contest!
Wednesday, Mar 3, 2021 - Posted by Rich Miller * I was watching the House Adoption & Child Welfare Committee hearing on Monday and couldn’t help but notice the cool Zoom background used by Rep. Terra Costa Howard (D-Glen Ellyn). She told me she obtained the image from the House Democrats, which is not what I expected to hear considering the HDems’ past issues with newfangled things like the Internet and touch-tone phones. “It’s a little more engaging than my white wall,” the legislator said. Here’s a screen shot… 
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- Soccermom - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:07 pm:
Awesome
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:09 pm:
That is top shelf genius
- Anonamouse - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:10 pm:
That’s my rep!
- Rich Miller - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:11 pm:
“Check out my halo”
- fs - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:12 pm:
“Representative Costa Howard shown here wanting to appear as if she’s on the House floor. Literally.”
- Dirty Red - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:12 pm:
Link in bio!
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:13 pm:
“It was either this background or the bar in the movie ‘Star Wars, A New Hope’”
- JoanP - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:16 pm:
“I swear I’m really in Springfield. Hand to God.”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:16 pm:
“I want it noted I am not eating while on the virtual House floor”
- Essential State Employee - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:17 pm:
The Notorious TCH
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:18 pm:
“Honest, this is the new design of my district office too”
- Give Me A Break - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:19 pm:
Noted, I have popcorn butter on my hands. Who is going to say I can’t have popcorn now?
- Huh? - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:23 pm:
I figured out how to change the background and not turn on the kitten filter.
- Essential State Employee - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:27 pm:
That doesn’t look like Springfield–that looks more like something in Vegas.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:27 pm:
“Wait… wait… one sec… I need to change the background to Room 118… one sec… “
- Essential State Employee - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:30 pm:
The carpet was first used at one of those Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts.
- Responsa - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:34 pm:
Careful there. You know what happened to Rep. Schock when he went overboard with the decor.
- 10th Ward - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:36 pm:
GREAT FRAMES! Hey Rep, who is your Optometrist?
- Dave Dahl - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:40 pm:
“I, state your name …”
- Rudy’s teeth - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:44 pm:
Glad to see she’s rockin’ a version of Dorothy Brown’s pearls.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:48 pm:
“Question of the chair… will there be box lunches?”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:53 pm:
“Quick side question… to anyone… with this background, can I get per diem?”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 1:56 pm:
“Point of personal privilege, I’d like to welcome Don here who is fixing my sink about 20 or feet away and hope he enjoys this zoom call while replacing my garbage disposal.”
- Cubs in '16 - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 2:01 pm:
“Technology…high five.”
- Qualkenmeyer - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 2:11 pm:
No, I am not conducting this hearing from Donald Trump’s basement.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 2:30 pm:
“I need a moment please, I’m sending a screen shot to Room Rater”
- The Way I See It - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 2:34 pm:
I’m not a cat. I’m ready to proceed …
- Huh? - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 3:39 pm:
See, I’ve tried, but I can’t do the Vulcan hand sign like Spock.
- Huh? - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 3:50 pm:
High five…. oh nuts hit the monitor.
- Jo Jo Monkeyboy - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 3:51 pm:
Lunch today? I’ll have a “Five…Five dollar foot long…from Subway.”
- Huh? - Wednesday, Mar 3, 21 @ 4:33 pm:
Raise your hand if you are wearing sweat pants and slippers.