Max Koch Uncorked

Welp. I’m in love with a dude. Now before you scream out loud, “I KNEW IT!!”, just know that I’m talking about my new baby nephew, PJ (as I’m calling him). PJ is the sweetest, most gassy, most gurgle-y, most gremlin-y, most adorable, most intoxicating little human I have ever met in my life. My sister and bro-in-law have done […]

I’m flying to Dallas early tomorrow morning. I’ve never landed at Love Field before but I am looking forward to it. Word is, however, there’s going to be a snow storm. So I could wind up in a world of shit, traveling-wise. Wait. They have snow storms in Texas??? I’m going down there to meet […]

Happy Friday! My dear ol’ pal GiGi AKA Green Girl came over yesterday and brought along some awesome organic wines for us to enjoy. Now while I use those fancypants canvas bags when I go to the market or whatever, I have to admit, I’m not NEARLY as versed on the whole “organic lifestyle” thing […]

Here’s a way to spice up your over-two-decades-long relationship: At-Home Film Festivals with Wine Pairings! We’ve enjoyed 2 now over here so far. The first one I curated, back in January. I called it “Venge-Fest”! Here, I even made a flier: All you need to do is choose a theme that speaks to or means something […]

I’m going out with a friend tonight and I think I’m ready. I’ve been kinda reclusive these days and that’s not entirely been a bad thing. As it is, I have a fairly steady at-home gig that keeps my acting and improvisational chops greased…but for the most part, outside of errands and a meal or two with […]

Stunningly enough, I had never read Rex Pickett’s 2004 novel of “Sideways” until the beginning of this year. I think I avoided it for so long because I was so hopelessly smitten by the film adaptation, I didn’t feel I wanted to cheat on it by reading the book (the movie’s in my Top 5 of […]

So ya know when a bunch of bored moms and housewives get together on a Monday night twice a month to talk about the latest book they were all suppose to have read at the same time? Like, a BOOK club, right? Well, that’s sorta what I got goin’ on with The Cutting Room Movie Podcast. Only we’re […]

I don’t have kids. I most likely won’t EVER have ’em, either. That was a choice I made when I married my wife. Kids or no kids, honey? Answer: no kids. I still married her. Well, it wasn’t her fault she never really cared for children. I mean, I was cool with them growing up and […]

Look, I’m not gonna tell ya anything revelatory here: Being sick SUCKS. Yeah, man, I had a terrible cold all through the Christmas holidays. And then I was awesome for the new year, ready to take on the world, when all of a sudden, outta no where, WHAMMO!…relapse. No idea how it happened. Two visits […]

I have to say, the recent and terrible events in France punched me hard, right in the gut. Mainly because 5 of the 12 victims in the vicious attack against Charlie Hedbo were CARTOONISTS. Soak it in: Cartoonists are getting killed in the first month of 2015. And why? Because of the offense taken by their satirical […]