MDMA was perhaps most viscerally described by Jessica Winter in a report she did for Oprah.com in 2011: “Imagine the instant right before orgasm or before a roller coaster tips over its peak height, then stretch that instant to the length of a pop song — or maybe two songs, or three. Imagine every pore and molecule in your body yawning open, vibrating with the effort, an exhilarating stretch that reaches almost far enough to touch pain.” But the seminal work that comes to mind is political satirist P.J. O’Rourke's 1985 Rolling Stone article "Tune In, Turn On, Go to the Office Late On Monday." He described it as “very sophisticated, extremely well-buffered speed," and went on to defend the gentleness of what he’d refer to as a “lap-dog drug,” explaining “If Delta Force banged on your door you’d be able to calmly explain that the PLO terrorists live upstairs in 5B, not at your house. Though you might also thank the commanding officer for being who he is and tell him his uniform is cute.” Paige, a 25-year-old Manhattan law clerk, agreed with O’Rourke’s evaluation, less artfully describing it as “the best fucking thing ever fucking invented.”