Meet Earl, a spirited retiree and longtime resident of Waterloo, who often finds himself observing the bustling campus life from his front porch. With a fondness for the quirky and a knack for humor, Earl enjoys reminiscing about the days when he was a mischievous engineering student. He has a penchant for theatrics and regularly entertains his neighbors with exaggerated tales of his youthful antics, always punctuating the stories with a signature gesture of waving his broom to reclaim peace against the noisy students.