Standard Small Boy bit
Took him cycling for the 2nd time on the bike that's actually his size. I took my bike this time (even when my knees and back aren't knackered, I cannot sustain 9mph on foot for any distance) - which forced him into unassisted starts. These are OK except uphill. We soon ran into a slight downhill where my speedo was saying 12mph and when another cyclist came the other way, he went into a terminal speed-wobble. He got off fairly lightly on that and was straight back on.

Also improving at the cricket club. He joined late in the season so the others are bound to be ahead of him. The improvements are noticeable though.

The Work bit
Got called aside by the development manager on Friday afternoon. The gist was "the rollout of your thing has been far better than anyone anticipated, have some money". Which was nice.

I feel slightly guilty because I am just updating my CV to send off for a job which is nearer and pays an awful lot more money. I understand all this stuff about "looking after #1" etc. but I can't help that this attitude is partly responsible for the state of the world. Anyway, it's another £20K a year, so bollocks to them.

USian bashing bit
I read in a story linked to from another bog that, although China is an evil repressive regime and it has almost four times the population of the US, the US has more people in prison. Not more-per-head-of-population, more in absolute numbers (roughly 2 million versus 1.5 million).

In the same article, they pointed out that California spends more on their prison service than on education.

Other bit
I really should get on with my CV.