Asshole and Assholer

I'm on the home stretch during my run this morning, and I'm crossing 53rd street at Dalhousie drive. This is a major intersection and there is a lot of pedestrian traffic. In fact, there are pedestrians ahead of me as I run up to the intersection.

I step out into the street and some asshole comes around the corner without looking to see if there is anyone there, almost hitting me.

Now this is a common enough occurrence that it doesn't bother me so much. I know the guy in the car doesn't give a rat's ass about my well-being, so I look out for them whenever I go into the street. I had to hop out of the way of his car (which was what I was prepared to do anyway). I gave him a dirty look to indicate that he should really watch where he was going.

He drove away, either thinking "OMG I almost hit someone, I should be more careful" or possibly "stupid jogger should stay out of the crosswalks". Either way I don't care and if that was the end of it, It wouldn't be worthy of a blog entry.

No, there was another guy in a pickup truck also turning the same way (but from the other direction). He felt the need to stop, roll down his window and laugh at me. It was like getting a drive by from Nelson Muntz. I've been driving for over a year now, and despite a few close calls and some poor behavior, this is the first time I've felt like keying someone's door.

It's always the guys in trucks.

Double Standard Much?

When Belinda Stronach crossed the floor in 2005, the Calgary Herald's letters to the editor was filled with derisive comments about how she was (among other things) a whore. When called on it, they said they were justified because "a whore was someone who would sell out their principles".

Strangely, I see no mention of Wajid Khan crossing the floor in this week's letters. Is it because he's a man or because he's (now) a Conservative?