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Hi - Welcome to Peacockshock. My house on the internet. I'm Ian Peacock

I live in Hertford - a quaint but cool town just north of London England. I'm a media person. I run a consultancy, present radio programmes, do a bit of television and write too. I'm mad about animals and live with my eccentric but fabulous cat Bollinger. I go to the gym, swim a lot, and listen to music non-stop. My family mostly live up north, but also in Denmark and the USA. And I've lived in Newcastle, Durham, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Cambridge, Oxford and London.

So...don't dither on the doorstep. Come in and have a wander round. You can either just scroll down this page and see what takes your fancy. Or you can mouse around the house and click on the different rooms and areas. And keep coming back for new stuff.

Enjoy your stay.

Ian


Morph Thing

I've just discovered the wondrous morphthing.com where you can merge your face with someone else's. Here are some of my first attempts at facial mergers. The first one's pretty obvious. It's George W Bush and I find it quite disturbing. I'll leave you to guess the rest.

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Katalogue XXL

Well done to my friend Wilhelm, who runs Katalogue. He's just back from the Oscar Niemeyer Museum in Brazil, where he's been curating a highly successful exhibition called Katalogue XXL. Wilhelm's a brilliant curator and I'd recommend anything he does.

Wilhelm, preparing for XXL

Posted by Ian at November 16, 2008 08:51 AM

Oscar Niemeyer Museum

Posted by Ian at November 16, 2008 08:45 AM

photo from Katalogue XXL, by Niels Alpert

Posted by Ian at November 16, 2008 08:44 AM

2008 in 2008

It's the year 2008 and this is Peacockshock's 2008th posting. How very exciting.

Posted by Ian at November 16, 2008 08:42 AM

In Tents Speculation

a narrowboat on the River Lee in Hertford today

I've seen tents pitched in some pretty odd places, but never on a narrowboat. I can't help wondering why it's there. Has a blind camper made a terrible mistake? It all seems very wrong to me.

Posted by Ian at November 15, 2008 04:21 PM

At the Whim of a Hat

As George W waves goodbye to the White House, here are some of my favourite Bushisms -

Rarely is the questioned asked: is our children learning?

You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.

I heard somebody say,'Now, where's Mandela?' Well, Mandela's dead because Saddam Hussein killed all the Mandelas.

She's a West Texas Girl. Just like me.

More and more of our imports come from other countries.

Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at the whim of a hat.

Nigeria is an important continent.

I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family.

My plan reduces the national debt, and fast. So fast, in fact, that economists worry that we're going to run out of debt to retire.

I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.

Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream.

I wish you'd have given me this written question ahead of time so I could plan for it. I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with answer, but it hadn't yet. I don't want to sound like I have made no mistakes. I'm confident I have. I just haven't. You just put me under the spot here, and maybe I'm not as quick on my feet as I should be in coming up with one. (after being asked to name the biggest mistake he had made)

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

I want to share with you an interesting program, for two reasons. One, it's interesting. And two, my wife thought of it, or has actually been involved with it. She didn't think of it. But she thought of it for this speech.

This thaw took a while to thaw. It's going to take a while to unthaw.

I'm coming as the president of a friend, and I'm coming as a sportsman. (on his trip to the Olympics in China)

They have no disregard for human life. (describing Afghan fighters)

And so, in my State of the ... my State of the Union ... or state ... my speech to the nation, whatever you want to call it, speech to the nation, I asked Americans to give 4,000 years ... 4,000 hours over the next ... the rest of your life ... of service to America. That's what I asked.

I've heard he's been called Bush's poodle. He's bigger than that. (discussing Tony Blair)

I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend. (on the prospect of visiting Denmark)

Throughout our history, the words of the Declaration have inspired immigrants from around the world to set sail to our shores. These immigrants have helped transform 13 small colonies into a great and growing nation of more than 300 people.

They misunderestimated me.

I didn't grow up in the ocean - as a matter of fact near the ocean. I grew up in the desert. Therefore, it was a pleasant contrast to see the ocean. And I particularly like it when I'm fishing.

I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.

Posted by Ian at November 15, 2008 03:29 PM

Season of Mists and Mellow Cutefulness

Bolly, enjoying a stroll in the garden this week

Posted by Ian at November 9, 2008 11:52 PM

Noah

Once upon a time, we used to say 'no'. But no - 'no' is no longer good enough for the young. I've become increasingly aware recently of the tendency among the young to say not 'no' but 'Noah' or 'no-wahhh', when emphasing the word. I've heard it in the street (heaven knows - the young are loud enough) and I've even heard it on Hollyoaks.

This must stop. The word is 'no' - not 'Noah'. Noah had nothing to do with teenagers who can't speak properly. He was the last of the antediluvian Patriarchs who saved the beasts from the Great Flood and repopulated the earth.

Posted by Ian at November 1, 2008 06:11 PM

Back in the Day

I (and my friend Franklin, 86) are seething about the overuse of the utterly meaningless phrase 'Back in the day' by the young.

Back in which day?

The phrase 'Back in the day' makes me unspeakably angry and is quite simply wrong.

Posted by Ian at November 1, 2008 06:03 PM

The Blackberry of Doom

I put my birthday into my Blackberry diary today and it asked me to tell it the 'number of recurrences'. After pondering this somewhat morbidly, I decided not to tempt fate by predicting the 'number of recurrences' and to enter my birthday anew every year, just to be on the safe side.

Posted by Ian at November 1, 2008 05:55 PM
Bolly
Bollinger in her chav hat