Will Bryant

@thewillbryant.bsky.social

Ex-Disney, ex-Pitchfork. None of my exes live in Texas. Rising up to the challenge of arrival.

Paraphrasing, but in the 1st chapter of The Hobbit, Bilbo sticks his thumbs in his braces and blows smoke rings. In American English, "braces" are orthodontics. 8-year-old me could never figure out how Bilbo could produce smoke rings with both thumbs jammed in his mouth