Friday’s episode of How To with John Wilson gave some airtime to my hometown and alma mater, referred to often on this blog and its accompanying podcast as “the old country.” It’s the old country for Wilson as well, who graduated from Binghamton University in 2008. Scenes from Friday’s episode showed him back on campus, not fitting in at a frat party, not fitting in on State Street (Tom & Marty’s!), and not fitting in at his old dorm.

I know the feeling. I was too old for that place about 10 minutes after I graduated. For me it’s now been two decades, and, as I often find myself saying when thinking about Binghamton… ugh.