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Nearly 600 Very Good Dogs

If you were going to witness an attempt to break a world record, this is the one you'd want to attend. An association called the Border Collie Owners of South Australia (BCOSA) welcomed 576 border collies to a park in Willaston, South Australia, Sunday to create the largest gathering of border collies ever.

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The previous record was 503 border collies in one place. However, the Guinness organization does not recognize gatherings of specific dog breeds, so the result is only bragging rights, and a memorable event for both the dogs and their owners. In other words, a good time was had by all. -via The Daily Dot


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Nice post about an amazing woman and story. I teach this story every year at a Polish university and it's one of my favorite lectures.

You might appreciate this too - Sarah Palin writing an introduction to "The Lottery":

http://www.puffchrissy.com/headline/false-starts-3-sarah-palin-introduces-shirley-jacksons-the-lottery-and-other-stories/
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I seem to recall a short story, in the spirit of this one, about a small 'perfect' village that kept a small child as a sort of keeper of misfortune. It was locked in a basement with no human interaction.
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We performed this play when I was in Jr. High. I don't remember having much of an introduction to the story, or to Jackson. I do remember feeling weird about performing it for my parents though.
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I was more touched by her story about mowing a field near the center of town. It's conclusion should be obvious, but her style precludes anticipation. In many ways, she forsaged modern television suspense.

I have often thought that Gaiman owes much of is "Lakeside" chapters to Jackson.
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A disturbing thought to add...don't remember where I heard this now, but a teacher who had been on the job for many years had been teaching The Lottery every year for a long time.
She mentioned that students in years past had always been horrified by the story, once they read it and had a little time to let it sink in.
Apparently, that's no longer so...the students these days can't see anything wrong with the premise of the story, it's just reflecting another 'lifestyle choice'.

(Yes, that anecdote creeps me out a little, everytime I think about it. Ugh.)
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