In college, I brought an excerpt from one of Bill Bryson's books (I think it was I'm a Stranger Here Myself) into one of my prison classes, and pretty much all of the inmates agreed that Bill Bryson is a smug MFer. I'd honestly never thought of him that way, but the more I re-read his stuff, the clearer to me it becomes: smug MFer. Still, very funny! And I learned a lot about Australia! And its terrifying wildlife!