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And then there are those who have not heard about It's Just a Plant: A Children's Story of Marijuana. How bad an idea is this? The ever-observant Galleycat, who saw a report about the book on CNN, actually tracked town Mike Edison, the former publisher of High Times, and got him to weigh in: "The book's premise stinks worse than Snoop Dogg's last record - little kids catching mommy and daddy in the act of getting stoned? If you can't get stoned without getting busted by your six-year old, you should have you bong taken away. I am all for education, but there is something seriously wrong about teaching first-graders about weed. What's next, Fisher Price's 'My First Water Pipe'"? The sweet smell of indignant outrage is burning up the Internet already. (I'm sure the author is bitterly disappointed at the attention.)
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|  E-mail entryThe entry "Kids, meet marijuana: "It's Just a Plant"" is tagged: Dr. Seuss , high times , It's Just a Plant: A Children's Story of Marijuana Here's what's coming this weekend in GuideLive. It's a busy one for book lovers. On Saturday, author Stephenie Meyer is coming to a sold-out event in Frisco. If you're a newcomer to her world, we'll tell you all about the writer some have dubbed "the next J.K. Rowling." And if you're a fan -- we'll have comments from her, plus video of the local tribute band, "The Bella Cullen Project." On Sunday, we speak to Louise Erdrich, award-winning author of The Plague of Doves. She's coming to Richardson on Monday to record an installment of The Writers Studio. We'll have an excerpt from her book on the blog as well. As for reviews, you'll be able to read about: The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008, by Sean Wilentz. Child 44, by Tom Rob Smith. (And watch for an exceprt with that one as well.) Note by Note: A Celebration of the Piano Lesson, a memoir by Tricia Tunstall. God of War, fiction by Marisa Silver. And Panama Fever: The Epic Story of One of the Greatest Human Achievements of All Time -- the Building of the Panama Canal, by Matthew Parker. Enjoy! And, as always -- come back and offer your own opinions. Comments (0) Leave comment
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For all you would-be writers out there, considering knocking off work this morning and heading out into a lovely spring day in Texas, here is some advice from Michael Chabon, as quoted in the afterword of the paperback version of The Yiddish Policemen's Union: "Chabon's success traces to three requirements: talent, luck and discipline. 'Discipline," he says, "is the one element of those three things that you can control, and so that is the one that you have to focus on controlling, and you just have to hope and trust in the other two.'" Comments (0) Leave comment
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