I felt sorry for new Googlers who stepped into the reality abattoir for the first time and looked around the room with naked-at-school-nightmare eyes

As I finished reading, I realized that I had allowed myself to inhale the air of inevitability settling around our office like a tule fog.

Finally, the product launched and all was copacetic.

There was even a mystery floor with a canted roof and oddly shaped windows creating a visual effect that nauseated the legal department staffers housed there