We're all human, after all...

While browsing around the Brown University Bookstore, I was impressed by the choice of books displayed prominently on the shelves: obviously, these were carefully chosen senection, intended to overwhelm you with the impeccable taste and superior intellect befitting an Ivy League school. Then, the most peculiar thought popped up: "Do they have Cliff Notes at Brown University?"

I made my way up the stairs to the second floor -- the textbook section...

And lo and behold... I spotted without difficulty, the familiar rotating wireframe rack stacked with Cliff Notes on the classics like "A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man," and random works of Shakespeare... ah, the unmistakably familiar slim yellow pamphlets... the answer to the desperate prayer of myriad high school and college slackers the night before a book report!

I could not hide an extremely satisfied grin from my face: I felt strangely vindicated.

So... we're all human, after all....