Bacchus Winery

10/14/2026

A lot of people that find out a little about me and where my career took me feel compelled to ask me if I personally believe in life elsewhere. In recent years, a lot of information continues to come out on UAP (once known on a much more narrow scope as UFO). I can definitely say that I have had very real discussions both in DoD and at NASA related to the ability to warp the time-space continuum. Questions like what would it take do do such a thing? There are people working on this right now today. Why? Because there is knowledge that it can be done. How does anyone have that knowledge? You need to ask that of someone else.

If you are interested in this subject and you are willing to listen to a nearly 2 hour long documentary, I suggest you listen and watch the following that can be found on various sources like prime video:

10/12/2026

Given my age and watching and caring for those that once changed our diaper, this is oh so real. I often wonder if one day I age to where I see my mom or Stephanie’s dad going through, will they have the fortitude to do what we are having to do. Or should we just kiss it all goodbye and face our maker.

Losing your life partner, your soulmate, is devastating and loneliness settles in quickly. Why continue to exist? It is sad and oh what a burden we place on society if we choose to live on alone. When they say he or she must have died of a broken heart—don’t guess—it’s a fact.

Moving to the Northern Neck where Bald Eagles are plentiful on the Chesapeake Bay we have the gift and blessing to observe breeding pairs. The love, the compassion, the care for the young is front and center. Life is huge and bigger than life itself for the family unit. But we have observed when one adult dies and the partner is lost. Life seems to have lost its purpose. Loneliness settles in, there is no longer offspring. We have never observed any time when the offspring come back to care for the single adult. We as humans seem to be unique in this area. There is no longer purpose when an adult loses their lifelong partner. Death seems to be the only option left for bald eagle breeding pairs where the partner dies and it seems that it can’t come fast enough. Then, you never see any of them ever again. It is the cycle of life. Sad but reality.

Sorry for being so dark but I felt I needed to be honest. Time will come to all and far better to realize reality and face it versus to ignore it and leave the burden on your children for them to sort out.

🦅 Smart people who know much better than me, will tell you that eagles aren’t like us humans and we can’t put our emotions onto them or assume that they think or behave the way we would after suffering a loss.

July 18th is the day Jackie the eagle was taken to the hospital and they began an effort to try to save her

August 10 is the day she died.

I know Shadow appears to have moved on and is hanging out with a new eagle now, but this image of Shadow, clinging to a branch alone, is from over the weekend.

Despite what all the smart people say, telling me about eagles and how different they are from the rest of us… looking at this photo, you’ll never convince me he doesn’t miss her 💔


10/11/2026

There is so much confusion in the press regarding the cause of outrageous pricing of beef. If you are as confused as I am and you keep hearing that it is the political party in charge that is responsible, do a little research on your own and I think you will find that fake news is at it again with their TDS—

There is substantial evidence of alleged price manipulation, triggering massive civil class-action lawsuits and a widening federal criminal antitrust investigation. While federal authorities have not yet filed formal criminal charges, major meat processing giants have already paid hundreds of millions of dollars in civil settlements to resolve private allegations of colluding to inflate beef prices.
The investigation and legal battles center around the "Big Four" meatpackers—Tyson Foods, Cargill, JBS USA, and National Beef Packing Company—who collectively control roughly 85% of the U.S. beef processing market.

Civil Court Settlements and Class Actions

Private litigants and corporate buyers have uncovered enough evidence of anti-competitive practices to push through major legal victories:
• Class Certification: A federal judge certified class-action lawsuits brought by consumers, restaurants, and grocery buyers alleging price-fixing from 2014 to 2020.
• Multimillion-Dollar Payouts: Major processors settled parts of these lawsuits without admitting wrongdoing to avoid ongoing litigation costs.
• JBS: Settled civil claims for over $135 million across different purchaser classes.
• Tyson Foods: Settled direct and consumer claims for $137.5 million.
• Cargill: Agreed to a $32.5 million settlement for consumer claims.
• The Alleged Mechanism: Lawsuits claim packers artificially constrained beef supplies, reduced cattle purchases, and suppressed rancher pay to inflate their own profit margins.

Active Federal Criminal Investigation

The federal government has escalated its scrutiny into a full-scale criminal probe:
• DOJ Criminal Probe: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) shifted its inquiry into a formal criminal antitrust investigation looking into bid-rigging and price-fixing.
• Massive Discovery: Investigators have reviewed more than 3 million corporate documents and interviewed hundreds of industry participants.
• Targeting Retailers: The probe expanded to include letters demanding pricing strategies, margins, and cost data from eight major grocery giants, including Walmart, Costco, Kroger, and Amazon.

Counterarguments and Market Realities

While the investigations continue, the meatpacking industry and agricultural economists point out that external factors also dictate record-high sticker prices:
• Historic Herd Shortages: Due to severe multi-year droughts and high feed costs, the U.S. cattle herd dropped to its lowest level in 75 years, heavily squeezing supply.
• Rising Input Costs: Meatpackers argue that elevated transportation, labor, and record-high live cattle purchase costs account for consumer pricing.

10/08/2026

Saw this come across this morning and it brought on a few thoughts. First, republicans, and for all that matters, conservatives in general are lazy when it comes to voting. We always hear all of the candidates running, regardless of party, that they are out trying to win the hearts, souls and minds of the independents and moderates. Why? Because they don’t think it really matters with the hard liners—they will cast down party lines. Please understand that he independents and moderates make up roughly 20% of all voters. If we lose 20% of all conservative voters because they are too F’n lazy to get up and go vote, the crazies don’t even need the independents and moderates. The thought process of hardliners voting party lines only works if the hard liners from any side actually get out of their easy chairs and go to vote.

I vote in every election because I know that if I am too lazy to get my ass out of my seat and head down to the polls I have effectively doubled the value and power of the vote of someone else that is truly an idiot who has no clue what they are doing to the greatest and most powerful nation ever seen in this world. I know I have a duty, a responsibility to protect our constitution and our great nation.

This year, I went the extra mile and signed my mother up for mail in voting. My mom, at 89 years old sort of has an excuse for being a lazy conservative. She has to use a walker, she has all kinds of medical issues, it is not easy, and most of the time she does not have a clue who is on the ballot or what referendums are being proposed. She needs help. So I solved that problem this year and into the future.

I am asking all of you lazy hard line conservatives to get up and go vote this year like your life depends on it. I can guarantee you that your crazy green/pink hair neighbor will be at the polls steeling your vote. Go vote to cancel that idiot out of the polls. Here is another challenge for you lazy conservatives—find someone that you know that you suspect is not going to vote and drag them to the polls with you. Sign your parents up for mail in voting and help them get informed on the issues and the candidates. Try to convince them to support your position so that you embolden your vote and double your power against your crazy neighbors. If you have kids old enough to vote and who struggle to understand the issues because of some physical or mental challenges, don’t trust anyone to help them out—I have heard horror stories about caregivers placing a vote using mail in ballots on behalf of a special needs voter. Don’t let that happen!!!

Bottom line, be proactive and an aggressive voter. The crazy nutcase influencers are having their way in social media to steal your vote. The only way to prevent that is to get your ass out of your easy chair, grab a friend or two to go with you and get out the vote. Don’t let the crazies like the Red/Green movement or the DSA activists kill the votes of the hard line conservatives and the friends and family who are the independents and moderates. This year matters if you want to protect our great nation and our constitution. Don’t let the lies and the liberal rhetoric and the Islamic movement get you down. Instead, let it energize and embolden you to take action and go vote.

10/08/2026

Just heard a very well put statement by Bezos that was short and concise and oh so true—he said—As you are heading to the polls this year to vote (my words added here…or as you are filling in your mail in ballot), before you pick your candidate, think hard about what that candidate says and does. Regardless of party, if the candidate is picking villains, pointing fingers and placing blame, that candidate probably has no solutions to solve anything. On the other hand if the candidate has a track record of doing things and solving problems, that candidate is the one that will actually make a positive difference for you as a voter. Think very hard as you vote. You don’t have to like the person but if they are a doer with a portfolio of real measurable accomplishments, make your vote count for that candidate—don’t waste your vote on a do nothing loser.

10/02/2026

Does anyone believe that anything Letitia James does or says will be truthful, honest and not politically motivated? What an idiot Hochul is to name Letitia James for anything. Letitia James should have been disbarred long time ago.

I agree a new fresh look is always worth it but a look with a crooked political lawyer is just plain and simple wrong.

P.S. Hochul just said she dropped her daughter off at college. Young men—buyer beware. Stay very far away from that girl. There are lots of really good fish in the sea and there is no time to mess with any girl wrapped up in an electric eel package. Think with your brain and not with anything else when it comes to that one.

10/01/2026

Time to start posting on the new w**ery. Wooooohooooooo we just broke ground today. This is not going to be quick so settle in, sit back, and pour yourself a nice big glass of w**e. October 1, 2026 is the beginning of a long journey ahead.

09/30/2026

To all those following, I highly recommend trying to go to see Dog Mom. It is well worth the trip. What a wonderful experience for all of those who have enjoyed a relationship with a dog. You will relate, you will cry, you will laugh and your heart strings will be stretched beyond the ability to snap back. Tate Hanyock is an unbelievably talented playwright. Please do a date night and go see this one. You will be talking about it for years to come—it is that good.

DOG MOM SEASON 17 In the midst of a mid-life crisis, a hardened New Yorker who is NOT a dog person rescues a stray dog and discovers that sometimes the ones we save are the ones who might save us. A hilarious and heartwarming comedy. Get tickets By Tate Elizabeth HanyokDirection By Rick St. PeterSep...

09/30/2026

Ody update—hopefully the last in this series. Ody has graduated now to no more E Collar. His wound has just about completely healed over and scar skin has covered everything over. His pigment is coming in over most of the scar. It is clear that his scar will never have hair again but I am very much okay with that—I still have my loving caring Ody and he doesn’t care about his scar. He has stopped licking the wound area so we have basically eliminated his plastic cone and he is so happy now that he can give himself a good scratch. This has been a long road and it has brought me so much closer to Ody. Just when I thought we were one, I found out just how wrong I was. I can now put a plug in for a play me and Stephanie went to called “Dog Mom. If you have ever had a dog in your life at some point in time, you need to see this one. You will laugh, you will relate, you will cry and your heart strings will be stretched to new dimensions. Tate Hanyock is an incredibly talented playwright and she captured our dogs to a “T”. Highly recommend it if you get a chance and it is worth traveling to see. The combination of Ody healing and seeing this play hit me very hard—lots of tears and emotions. Thank you everyone for all your prayers through this very challenging time. Ody is back—yeah!

09/29/2026

I have been trying to think about some familiar analogy to this whole discussion around controlling and slowing down AI. Fear mongering and hair on fire behavior is not helpful at all so people need to stop all the nonsense and bu****it and we need to continue pressing forward on AI a fast as we can possibly move. Here is the analogy I came up with. AI is very much like air travel. From the beginning of the first flight, the pilot in command has always been directly responsible for the safe operation of the aircraft. When it was the Wright Brothers, no one really cared because it was just them and if something went wrong, only they had to answer for unsafe operations. Well, technology took off and the airspace got crowded real quick. Planes went faster and faster and the public started climbing on board. The public screamed for government regulation and placing the safety of air traffic control in the hands of the government. The government moved slowly and meticulously trying to avoid slowing the advancements in technology. All along, the pilot-in-command of an aircraft remained directly responsible for, and the final authority for safe operation of their aircraft. The government air traffic control is advisory only. At the end of the day, the pilot in command is expected to make decisions based on his or her eyes out the cockpit. Liability for safety of any aircraft will never be placed in the hands of the government. That was a purposeful decision. AI needs the same sort of concept…at the end of the day, liability for the safety of AI must remain in the lap of those responsible for the company in command of that AI. It is stupid to think that any sort of liability should be shifted into the hands of the executive branch of the government. The legislative branch can attempt to place regulatory language around AI and pass laws that places guard rails up but at the end of the day, liability must remain with the companies in command of building and deploying the AI algorithms. This is nothing new and to run around with hair on fire behavior as if we have never faced this type of environment is just pure stupidity and completely ignorant.