Adaptation

This week I watched the Oscar-nominated film Little Miss Sunshine on DVD. Enjoyable though it was, it veered greatly from the book. What happened to our heroine's encounter with Mr Chatterbox in the High Street? And at no point in the book is there any mention of a gay, suicidal Proust professor.

I heartily recommend Roger Hargreaves' classic, by the way. I read it in one sitting.

Old cartoon revisited

I was chuffed to get a gag in the "Best Cartoons Ever" selection in the latest issue of Reader's Digest. Unlike some magazines, they pay a generous reprint fee. Which is nice.