Before the water gets hot enough to cook us, it sure feels good. It’s a nice, comfortable bath. Don’t pay attention to the veggies and spices that Google’s plopping in the pot with you.

It probably would have compromised my Great Debate argument – that Gmail’s increasing sequesterization of itself means it’s time to abandon the world’s most popular webmail service – had I mentioned that I am also a rabid fan of the service and would, like many of us, struggle to live without it.