Man, that influenza is NASTY! Even with the Tamiflu, it knocked us flat for a few days. We're mostly better now, just hoarse and still coughing. No fevers or aches, though, and that was some of the worst.

There's an interesting article out today. Apparently, they've found more possible graves at Barker Ranch, one of the hideouts of the Manson Family. It's worth a read, there's a lot of interesting forensic information even if you're not interested in the Manson case.

Forensic experts at Manson site: Dig

And the results of just-completed followup tests suggest bodies could indeed be lying beneath the parched ground. The test findings — described in detail to The Associated Press, which had accompanied the site search — conclude there are two likely clandestine grave sites at Barker Ranch, and one additional site that merits further investigation.

According to Family lore, there should be a few bodies up there still. I'm curious to see how this comes out. I hope they follow up.

Yesterday was our 16th Anniversary. Or, as Davin says, our 2 to the 4th power Anniversary. We were supposed to get silver holloware (yeah, I didn't know either, you can read about it here), but instead we got a BRAND NEW LAPTOP!!!! Could you tell I was typing from somewhere else when you read this? Of course you could...

I'll be in and out all week, we have family in town and a ton of sightseeing planned.

Hope all is well with you, Happy Saturday!

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  He is not expected to attend.

Parole Hearing Scheduled For Charles Manson

A parole board hearing is scheduled for Charles Manson on Wednesday. Manson is currently serving a life prison term for seven homicides that are commonly known as the Tate-LaBianca murders.

Manson has been denied parole 10 times in the past, receiving a "string of five-year denials" owing to the gravity of his crimes, Sessa said. Five years is the maximum period that can elapse in between parole board hearings for inmates serving life with the possibility of parole.

I'll update later when we know what happened, although it's not likely anything's going to change.

I also wanted to add DANG! You should write about Charles Manson if you want people to read your blog! Since I blogged earlier about his parole hearing, I have had tons of hits from people searching for news about his hearing. One day almost 20% of people coming to my blog were looking for that! (ETA: Today it's been 30%!) Wow, who knew?

So, in case you were wondering, the next hearing will be for Patricia Krenwinkel sometime in July.

Editing to Add: Charles Manson again denied parole in California

Well, that's it until 2012...

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  But we did get away. The weather was looking bad yesterday, so we changed our plans. Good thing, too, since we had some wild weather last night here in CO! Snow, rain, wind, tornadoes and everything! I'm starting to wonder if that's all some sort of signal that the Apocalypse is coming soon. ;-) We're at a local hotel, sucking up the free breakfast and lazing in the hot tub and just plain relaxing.

I've gotten a couple of comments about my "manson" tag for blogging. I haven't gotten to use it very much, but I know I have old posts about him around here, too. His is a fascinating tale. Helter Skelter is the first true crime book I ever read, and I still find the story compelling. It's really terrifying, not in a horror movie kind of way, but in that, "This awful stuff could happen to just about anybody," way. It still gives me the creeps, which says a lot.

Ron should be coming home today. Yesterday his lab work was still a little off, so they kept him another night. Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers!

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  OK, Ron is out of surgery, and they are planning on him coming home Friday. Yay!

Renee was asking why Charles Manson didn't get the death penalty. The thing is, he did. So did the his co-defendants. But then California changed their law, and everyone who was on death row had their sentences changed to "life." So, all of the Manson killers have been eligible for parole for quite a while now. In the meantime, California changed back again to allow the death penalty, but that didn't apply to the people who'd already been let off the hook by the last change.

In theory we're going camping this weekend, but I won't know for a while longer. We're watching the weather, and we'll decide in the morning. So, if I don't blog, I'm camping!

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  He has a hearing scheduled for May 23. If you want to write to the parole board regarding his hearing, you can find the address here, but seriously, why would you want to?

It's been 37 years since the Tate-LaBianca murders were committed, and I have a hard time thinking he's improved with age. I may be totally wrong, but he just seems like a lost cause any time he appears in the media.

Now, I can see some of the women getting out and actually doing something useful with their lives.

What do you think about this?

Oh, and thanks to everyone who made me feel better about my brain damage yesterday. You guys are the best!

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