Sour shoes

Last night I was busy doing more prep work for the cross country meet I am timing on Saturday.  As I was toiling away I had Stern 101 playing in the background.  I was fortunate enough to catch an episode of the Sour Shoes show.

Only Stern fans would know who Sour Shoes is. He is an amazing combination of amazing dysfunction (he is in his mid 30’s, jobless, and lives with his parents) and amazing talent.  He is a master impressionist.  He can imitate scores of people and is able to move effortlessly between them.  He is able to carry on a 5 person conversation with himself no problem.

However he is even more impressive when he displays his uncanny musical ability.  He is able to remember and imitate countless amounts of songs and perform them on his synthesizer as various people.  When Stern has Sour on the phone he will just blurt out song/artist combinations and SourShoes will immediately be able to jump into the tune.  It’s just amazing.

Getting to listen to him just go off for an hour straight was hilarious.  As I was sitting there doing boring data manipulation I was constantly smiling as he carried on.

The guy is just brilliant.

Ali has us signed up to do another triathlon.  It is in early November.  We once again will be doing the sprint distance.  My biggest goal is to knock a bunch off my woefully slow transition times from the Miami race.

Ali said she thought I could have a problem with the swim since the water will be on the cool side.  Since she has her new wet suit she will be fully insulated.  I told her I would be fine.  Yea if the water is in the mid to low 70’s it is going to feel cold at first but after a minute of swimming it will feel just fine.