Poor Marissa Mayer. The Google VP — whose clout within the company has faded since boyfriend Larry Page moved on — has consoled herself with public appearances. The gods have an issue with that, too. At Google's press event in Paris, today, as the spotlight-loving cover-girl was getting ready to present, someone knocked over vases on the floor above. The water shorted out both the air-conditioning and the projector, leaving the unfortunate Google product exec to speak without slides and, worse, dimly lit.