Dave Koch's Writings
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Short Story
Mar.26.2011
Dreams Of A Father
I sat down and played the Martin, and that sealed the deal. I plucked one note, a single string without pressing my fingers on the fretboard. As the string vibrated, the most heavenly note swirled up out of the sound hole. It held and expanded and filled the whole room. Overtones emerged, enhancing and expanding in the air like a good wine on the palette. I...
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Column
Feb.23.2011
Dave08.com
It's funny - if you impersonate somebody, they have no idea it's them. –Tracey Ullman
I need to make one thing perfectly clear here at the outset: I am a party to this because I really am Dave Koch. I am not some unknown blogger from upstate New York pretending to be me. I am the real Dave Koch. I am not someone trying to make a partisan political...
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Short Story
Feb.23.2011
Dave08.com
Matt and I were headed out to a concert; this was not that unusual an event. Matt is younger than me– a different generation musically– yet we enjoy going together to see the same acts. This is also not that unusual. Though he is ten years my junior, he has good taste… or maybe I am hipper than my half-century would lead you to believe. It is he who...
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Short Story
Feb.19.2011
Dreams Of A Father
Inky black Oracle Boulevard reflected the neon lining the street ahead, sparkling and glistening like a onyx pike covered in gooey pitch. This was not the best part of town, but it certainly was not the worst, either. The heat was stifling and the winds nonexistent; the air hung and thickened as it waited for something to happen. I had a job to...
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About Dave
Father, writer, entrepreneur, web coder, a once and future Presidential candidate, husband and friend. Sometimes I play guitar.
Dave’s Favorite Books
A Prayer For Owen Meany