One of those good/bad days
Oct. 26th, 2009 07:27 pmThough the badnesses are only minor annoyances, really.
Good: My copy of Windows 7 for the desktop arrived. (I pre-ordered in the narrow window in June when it was on offer for $50.)
Bad: I left it on my desk at work, rather than bringing it home.
Good: A package containing the new Wheel of Time book shipped today.
Bad: The Naomi Novik book that's in the same package is not, as I thought, the new Temeraire book, but an omnibus of the first three. Which I've already bought twice -- once in US paperback, once in UK hardback -- and in the case of Black Powder War, possibly the weakest of the three, three times because I lost the paperback under the dining table after an exhausting trip. Oh well; at least I can trade the individual volumes and save a few inches of shelf space. And I get the included short story, which I wouldn't have deliberately paid hardcover money for.
Good: My copy of Windows 7 for the desktop arrived. (I pre-ordered in the narrow window in June when it was on offer for $50.)
Bad: I left it on my desk at work, rather than bringing it home.
Good: A package containing the new Wheel of Time book shipped today.
Bad: The Naomi Novik book that's in the same package is not, as I thought, the new Temeraire book, but an omnibus of the first three. Which I've already bought twice -- once in US paperback, once in UK hardback -- and in the case of Black Powder War, possibly the weakest of the three, three times because I lost the paperback under the dining table after an exhausting trip. Oh well; at least I can trade the individual volumes and save a few inches of shelf space. And I get the included short story, which I wouldn't have deliberately paid hardcover money for.
