May Gumbytron heap blessings on you and yours

Paul Walsh at Etribes Mashup (Photo credit: Route79)

But you can’t “relax” because, although I can’t confirm this, I believe
Paul & Steve are trying to conquer the world from Mantucky, Ohio
Steve plays it cool, he’s the money behindthis operation. But Paul,
he’s a Partisan, he wants to storm the castles of Starbucks’ Headquarters
and make them his bitch.

One of Paul’s high school classmates was visiting the coffee shop the
other day, I believe his name was Mike, Mike, yeah and we were
discussing how Mahoney came to be employed at the cafe. Paul had
asked Mahoney where he saw himself in a few years if he was still
with Paul’s company (I know total corporate interview strategy from
a college professor) and Mahoney replied:

“I don’t know, I figure I’ll make myself some money and buy some beer.
And if that works out, ‘ll do it again in a couple years.”

I don’t know if these were Mahoney’s exact words, as they were filtered
through Paul and me… but that was the intimation.

Paul hired Mahoney.

What exactly is Paul’s strategy and just how much money does Steve have
stashed to try out Paul’s li’l experiment. Hire Mahoney? No vision of the future
or his impending doom? Just living in the moment and slingin’ coffee and
stories like no other barrista I have seen. Starbucks’ has nothing on Relax.

I really believe Paul’s ultimate plan is to clone Mahoney and install a
clone (at a fee) at every location he opens across the Solar System.