New library, new overdues

So I'm about to incur my first overdues at the library system I signed up for a couple of months ago.

The reason being that my books there are due today, but my card is set to expire in the next two or so weeks, so I can't do the online or even the telephone renewal on the books I haven't finished yet. I can't even login to the online system to check what I have out at all.

I guess this means a trip to the most accessible branch of that library tomorrow, at least to pay the fines.

In other news, the main library system downtown is on strike, but stuff that's due during the strike started won't count as overdue when it's returned.

At least this'll give me a chance to finish up some of their books before I check out more.

Speaking of books, I need to look into having my Chapters iRewards card fixed. I've hated that damn thing ever since they sent me an Indigo one when I online-renewed it.

Stuff I got in the mail today

Today I got two out of three parts of my order from the company formerly known as DeepDiscountDVD.

I was a little annoyed when I got the notice last month saying that they'd shipped two of the cds separately and together instead of waiting another day or so when one of them was projected to be in stock.

This, of course, is because Canada Customs has in my previous experience tended to charge duty and taxes on everything they can get their money-grubbing paws on. I still haven't forgiven them for the time that they charged the full handling fee + taxes on something that worked out to be less than a dollar over the 20 CAD non-gift limit. And then I had to write them to get a minor refund that time they charged tax on the shipping costs, which they're not supposed to do.

But although I had to walk to the post office and pay to get my parcel released, the CDs were just stuck in the mailbox, no extra charges or anything.

So I'm happy.

And I have a lot of DVDs to watch, which may or may not be a good thing, because while we're cancelling the cable, I'm still not caught up on the backlog of stuff I ordered during last year's sale.