going keeping and keeping going

i keep being amazed at Amazon's great service, you just dont expect that from big companies anymore (Spotify, Paypal, BT, HP...very disappointing...). even when things go badly due to a seller or courier service, Amazon fixes it. they know it will make me eager to use them again. hell, last week we bought doctor a new phone and paid 5£ extra to buy from Amazon "directly" rather than a seller on Amazon, so, quite a strong preference. and as it happened, they used The Shittiest Courier in UK aka Hermes, and the phone never came. Hermes lied about it blatantly "it's arriving today, yes it is", but once I contacted Amazon, things started rolling, Hermes admitted having lost the phone. Amazon took ownership of the situation and worked towards fixing it, keeping me updated. the replacement arrived 2 days later and the rep who had managed the case even called after to check everything is ok. who the hell does that? :D doctor seems happy with his Galaxy Note 8 too, so all is well now.

yesterday we visited a city farm in Vauxhall.

Hugh Hefner died, not surprisingly, at 91. its been interesting to read the articles around it. i think the subject, or his 'legacy',  is causing debate cause it isnt black and white. its a mix of nearly extremes. surely his magazine promoted sexualizing women as objects and all that, and having recently read Holly Madison's book, i wasnt surprised to learn he could be quite a manipulative, selfish ass. but, the other side about him is true too, how the magazine and Hefner himself supported womens liberation movement, as well as some other minorities. a hard core feminist like Gloria Steinem (well she had her own experience the Playboy Club too) is not forgiving but i think the story just has too sides, both true. my personal thoughts are a mix of these. but when i first saw the magazine as a teenager, i mostly appreciated the photography, some of it really was very good! especially Sante D'Orazio's pictorial of Stephanie Seymour inspired me and although now i look at it like "wow thats so 90s", i have to smile, i think it had a net positive effect on me.

NYTimes obituary 
NYTime's less flattering opinion piece  
Guardian's Suzanne Moore: I called Hugh Hefner a pimp, he threatened to sue. But that’s what he was 
Guardian: Effusive Hugh Hefner tributes ignore founders dark side
very interesting how both big medias wrote a 
Huffpost:  Trans Supermodel Shares How Hugh Hefner Fought For Her When No One Else Would

another social week coming up, it seems.