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-Invitation quote: "Stratton Commons (large grassy area in front of Stratton Hall)"-

No dreams of note last night (at least not that I can remember).

Presumably to save space, bus schedules contain no colons to speak of. I noticed this particularly a couple days ago, when I realized I would have to travel somewhere on the abovementioned mode of public transportation, due to a sudden lack of private transportation. Is private transportation the correct phrase? Why do we call mass transportation "public" but do not likewise label individually owned transports as "private"?

Anyway, I dusted off my bus schedule and set out to read it, only to realize that the various intersections in the area were apparently in some sort of prolonged tournament with each other. I noticed also that the intersections listed farther right were winning. However, I was not looking for interstreet scores; I wanted to know the bus schedule!

So I turned to a more seasoned bus rider for assistance. And she helpfully pointed out that the cryptic columns of numbers were, in fact... times.

Reality check. I know it saves typing, but why, oh why must they leave off the COLONS? Times just don't look like times without them.