Happy belated birthday to jackiejj

I hope you had a good one.

Whee! I'm a knitter!

090421_03blankie
Originally uploaded by lb_philly.

I have broken the curse of the attempt at continental knitting and completed an (admittedly pretty simple) lace pattern for this christening blanket for our grandson.

Next, I break the curse of the Japanese Silk Yarn, using the same pattern, and then I go on to make the kimono sweater using the very very cheap on sale ribbon yarn from Herrschner's.

A break from doilies is nice...


EDIT: I don't know when I finished this blanket! I noted on my LJ for February 23 that I was on the final border, and I was certain I'd mentioned it, but I can't find it. Maybe I mentioned it on Facebook. Must.Do.Research.

You can soak the rich but it will barely be a drop in the bucket

From Forbes:

Here is an interesting set of facts. If the government increased the top tax rate from the current rate of 35% to 100% (yes, that's right 100%), it would only collect an extra $400 billion this year. In other words, confiscating all the income that is currently taxed at 35% would not raise enough revenue to cover any of the annual deficits projected in the next 10 years. There is no way that tax hikes on the rich alone can pay for proposed spending in the current budget.

Brian S. Wesbury and Robert Stein, Tea Party Economics

Taxation. Coming soon to a wallet near you...