Alice in Day-Glo-Land.  The Oscars, based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire.  Schoolground shenanigans.  That milkaholic Lindsay.  Opposite band names.  Being tardy in Alaska.  Zooming in on the student body.  All these topics buried under ten feet of snow.

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Sometimes you can try too hard to get away from something, and you end up right back where you started from.  I (Zen) tried so much to be all over the place in tonight's episode and tried so much to not be tied down to a central theme that I accidentally ended up talking a lot about one subject:  school.

When we finally get around to our Good, Bad and Ugly segment, all of the sections of my half of the segment involve stories from schools and school districts around the country.  My regret involves an incident that happened on a University campus.  And my pick involves very much a way for the lazy and uneducated to fake having gone to a prestigious school.  

It may be hard to believe, but it is all coincidental and quite accidental.  Honest to God.

But don't worry.  This is still the "new and improved" Zen and Peace Show.

Sprinkled around all the stinkin' school talk is discussion about the Oscars, Flagstaff's record snowfall, our reasons for not seeing Tim Burton's latest film, the best way to fill your need to watch the Winter Olympics, a bone-headed celebrity's beef with a rather innocent commercial, why some politicians need to have more of a sense of humor, and we even squeeze in what ends up being the easiest game we've ever played on the show (but don't worry, easy as it was Kevin still managed to miss a couple.)  So join us for "Opposite Band Name Game" and all the rest of the ridiculous topics covered in this episode.  Thanks for listening!

Links from this episode

Flagstaff has record breaking snowfall.

School Bus Driver delivers children to their homes while 3 times over the legal limit.

Music from this episode:

• Intro Song:

  Roger Alan Wade "D-R-U-N-K" (mp3) from "Stoned Traveler" (Johnny Knoxville Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album

   

• Break Song 1:

  Between The Trees "White Lines & Red Lights" (mp3) from "The Story and The Song" (Bonded Records, Inc) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album

   

• Break Song 2:

  The Madison Square Gardeners "Everybody's Girl" (mp3) from "Tune It Up, Dime It Out - EP" (First of Three Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album

   

• Break Song 3:

  Tectonic Depression by The Clam Tostada

   

• Outro Song:

  College Daze by The Clintons

   

   

  Picks for this episode:

  Kevin picks: Verizon's Google-powered Droid phone

  Zen picks: Really professional looking fake diplomas

   

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