Last week I forked over $85 for a pair of J&G Cyclewear rain pants, since my old ones are worn and no longer water­proof. After today’s commute—my first time wear­ing them—I was going to write here about how awe­some they are.

Instead, I hit a long trench-like pot­hole buried beneath the slush in Cam­bridge, skid­ded about 50 feet and flipped over. How for­tu­nate that the patch of ground where my knee landed was BARE ASPHALT, for I now have a brand-new $85 pair of rain pants with a HUGE HOLE shred­ded through them. That really makes them use­ful doesn’t it.

I would like to send a spe­cial thank-you to the City of Cam­bridge (and the local util­i­ties) for hav­ing the shit­ti­est roads in the country.