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An instructive joke for all occasions

3 months ago by pdcawley@bofh.org.uk (Piers Cawley) on Just A Summary :.
Two bulls were grazing at the bottom of the big pasture, when the farmer let a load of heifers in at the top gate. “Hey,” said the young bull...

Pretty Saro

7 months ago by pdcawley@bofh.org.uk (Piers Cawley) on Just A Summary :.
Pretty Saro by pdcawley I’m a wee bit late writing this because it’s mostly about my summer trip to the Swannanoa Gathering at Warren...

References in Child of the Library

9 months ago by pdcawley@bofh.org.uk (Piers Cawley) on Just A Summary :.
I sometimes think that I should have published the lyrics to Child of the Library with a bibliography. The references in the second verse are all obvious...

The Further Adventures of Child of the LIbrary

9 months ago by pdcawley@bofh.org.uk (Piers Cawley) on Just A Summary :.
Or… what I did this summer. Summer as been frantic. Mostly joyous, but frantic. I had talks accepted at both YAPC and OSCON. Because YAPC was in Asheville...

A Child of the Library, revised

~1 year ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
Here’s a revised version of A Child of the Library. Child Of The Library (Revised) by pdcawley Whenever I learn a new song, there’s a...

Lands' End

~1 year ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
Lands’ End Mail Order Catalogue by pdcawley This is by Chris Manners, a Yorkshireman who I met when we were both exiled in Essex. The commute...

Save Our Libraries

over 1 year ago by pdcawley@bofh.org.uk (Piers Cawley) on Just A Summary :.
So, on Saturday, the opening line, and pretty much the entire tune, of a song banged on my head as we went to our local Library to fill our boots with books...

Save Our Libraries

over 1 year ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
So, on Saturday, the opening line, and pretty much the entire tune, of a song banged on my head as we went to our local Library to fill our boots with books...

The OSCON Proposal I really, really want to be accepted

over 1 year ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
Open Ears, Open Mind, Open Mouth. Music Making Made Easy Blurb Our bodies are the most versatile and sophisticated musical instrument we know. From the...

Repertoire Project: Lottery Song

over 1 year ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
Lottery Song by pdcawley This is the only song I’ve written. I don’t really think of myself as a songwriter at all, but Gill was doing...