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# Monday
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/35413/
- Published: 2014-12-29T07:14:38.000Z
- Updated: 2014-12-29T07:14:38.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Miscellaneous, #wpChunk

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Miscellaneous Rambling

Whew, the Christmas frenzy is over. Every year it's the same thing: High energy and expectations going in, utter exhaustion coming out, but with expectations more or less met. I was so tired last night, I was concerned that I was coming down with something, but it was a nice five-day celebration. \* \* \* \* \* \* \* And as a UM graduate and Wolverine fan, I got an unexpected Christmas present: Jim Harbaugh. At least, that's what it looks like. We'll see. The UM football program is in a death spiral. They need a Harbaugh or similar big name to staunch the bleeding fast. We'll see, but I'm optimistic. \* \* \* \* \* \* \* Not so much hope for my Detroit Lions. Horrible game yesterday with horrible referee calls. I'm reasonably certain the Packers would've won anyway, but I hate to see the Michael Jordan rules in action. Granted, my Lions are pretty dirty and don't deserve many breaks, but geeeesh. Be subtle about it next time. \* \* \* \* \* \* \* While driving back from my in-laws in the eastern suburbs of Detroit, I marvelled at the total wreckage of homes along I-94 and I-96\. At one point, I think I counted ten straight houses that were either burned out or obviously too dilapidated for occupation. Marie later sent me this link: [A stark, unsentimental look at Detroit's rapid slide](https://homes.yahoo.com/blogs/spaces/a-stark--unsentimental-look-at-detroit-s-rapid-slide-202246171.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com). Startling pics. When you flip through them, take note of the way nature is taking over, swamping everything with its vegetation. It's ugly, but in a few more years, it won't be much more ugly than any ol' overgrown prairie. \* \* \* \* \* \* \* A TDE reader sends this along: [The Atheist's Ten Commandments](http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/12/19/read-these-ten-commandments-closely-do-you-see-how-they-radically-differ-from-the-original/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com). Not quite as pithy as the original ten . . . nor as cogent . . . nor as supernatural. But the vacuity is worth a chuckle.