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Leftover fries dilemma

Wednesday, April 16, 2025


You know what I need to figure out after Al these years?

What to do with leftover fries you take home from restaurants other than giving them to the dogs. 

They’re shitty even if you heat them up, especially if they’ve been in the fridge. 

But it seems like such a waste to just throw them out. 

I guess the air fryer might be a decent solution, haven’t tried that yet. 

If you have an idea lemme know. 

✌️ and leftover 🍟 ‘s 

Texas Tech vs Calipari

Interesting matchup. Tech has more talent but but the Razorbacks have the coaching. 

I’m conflicted because I love Calipari but since I live in Texas I should be rooting for the “home” team, if you will. 

Go, Red Razorbacks! lol 

Nick Druga II

Insight into my life

It’s 1:46 in the morning. I have somewhere around $20 to play with in my online casino account.  

At 3 am I’ll get another $8. 

The difference between $20 and $28 is strangely significant in this world I live in. 

So my best bet would be to chill out until 3 and give myself a better chance to win more $$$

But will I do that? Probably not. 

I’ll probably lose the $20 and then have to wait until  3am to get another $8 to play with. lol. 

Still a fun life. Maybe I’ll turn that $8 into 8 grand. Ya never know. 

Nick Druga II

Cicadas in the morning

Sunday, June 30, 2024

I generally include a picture with my blog posts but I find cicadas and locusts kinda gross so I’ll spare you. 

I guess I could have put a picture of a morning up but my guess is you know what a morning looks like… or maybe you don’t. A lot of people are not “morning people”. I’ve been a morning person for a long time. 

But that’s not why I called. 

I called to talk about how the sound of cicadas is drowning out the birds this morning. 

Usually at 6 am the only sounds I hear from outside are birds chirping but this morning it’s all about the cicadas. Strange phenomena. 

I believe it’s a combo of a bigger cicada population this year along with extreme heat. 

In any case, it’s weird to hear them so early in the morning.

I read an article that said the cicadas wouldn’t be around much past July 4th and that’s fine with me bc the song they sing is not my favorite. I wouldn’t even call it a song really. Idk what it is. Like a rattlesnake on steroids. 

Happy Summer of the Cicadas. 

Nick Druga II

Don’t worry about whoever is elected POTUS

June 11, 2024

No matter who is elected President makes no difference because America is run by the house and the senate. 

If you don’t believe that’s true I’ll just point you to the U.S. Constitution that doesn’t even mention the executive branch until Article 2, well after it outlines the roles of the legislative branches. 

Way back in 1776 the founding fathers (in their wisdom) made sure the executive branch was the last to have a say in shit. 

POTUS is just a figurehead with very little power and it’s been that way since George Washington. 

Back then they even wanted Washington to be president forever because he never got in the way of anything. The only reason he wasn’t is because he refused a third term. 

So if you’re a person worried about Trump or a person worried about Biden rest in the assurance that neither one of them really matter when it comes to anything of any significance. 

And have a happy July 4th! 

Nick Druga II
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The Simpson’s phenomena is just a pinball game to me

Thursday, February 29, 2024

In 1990 (at 24 years old) my favorite pinball game was the shiny new Simpson’s game. I played it for hours at Tilt in Prestonwood Mall (and wherever else I could find it). 

Now why I was playing pinball instead of chasing women at that age is anyone’s guess but I think it had mostly to do with my fear of them. lol. I wasn’t nearly as afraid of pinball games as I was of women. 

But I digress. 

The machine was awesome because of the sound effects more than anything. I can still remember that opening theme when you hit the start button. It’s like it was made for a pinball game bc it starts out slow and immediately speeds up. Which is exactly how pinball action is. I remember timing pulling back to launch the ball with the end of the very beginning of the theme where they go “The Simpsuuuuuns”. 

I never really liked the show and if you would have told me back then that it would be the longest running TV show of all time I would have laughed at you. 

As a matter of fact, if you would have told me that in 30 years from now people would STILL be watching prime-time cartoons I would have also laughed at you.

But here we are. The more things change… 

Nick Druga II

Love at first hear 🥰

Sunday, February 25, 2024


Many years ago I met a woman unlike any I’ve ever met before or since. An angel. Here’s the story…

It seemed like just any other night out with Robyn (my best friend at the time) but it quickly turned into something much more than that. 

I had never met this girl before but was immediately struck by her beauty. She was stunning. She’s still stunning. She has a presence about her that’s unmistakable. 

On that night all those years ago I got to experience her full essence. She even sang to me. 

I mean she was singing to everyone that was there but it felt like she was singing directly to me. And the song she picked to sing was crazy. “When I’m With You” by Sheriff.

I was floored! How did this woman, much younger than me, even KNOW every word of this awesome 80’s tune that may have come out before she was even born?!? And how did she know it was one of my favorites of all time?!?

Not only did she know the song, she sang it more beautifully than I’ve ever heard anyone sing it, even including the Sheriff lead singer himself. 

I liked her BEFORE she belted out Sheriff but the second she started singing I fell head over heels for her. It was magical. I was genuinely excited to have found the woman I never even knew I was searching for. 

But. 

Sometimes the love of your life is not to be. 

Robyn quickly reminded me she was betrothed to another when she saw how smitten I was with her and instructed me to cool my heals. It was hard to do but I respected Robyn’s wishes at the time. 

When I  got home, though, I wrote in great detail all about that special night I met the woman of my dreams. I wanted to document every detail so I’d never forget that euphoric feeling. 

This is the part of the story where I share with you exactly what I wrote all those years ago, but alas, it’s lost in the ether I’m afraid. On a hard drive that has long since died. 

Just imagine a really cheesy love letter and that was pretty much the gist. 

Thinking back on it now, I made a mistake that night by not pursuing this karaoke partner for life when I had the chance. I shouldn’t have listened to Robyn and trusted my gut. But I didn’t. Just another regret in a lifetime of regrets. 

In the end both of our lives turned out fine and as God intended I suppose. And until such time as I get it to do all over again, I guess I have to be cool with that. I have no other choice. 

Nick Druga II

Heartbreaking loss

Thursday, December 28, 2023

Just wanted to post this horrifying fantasy football game result as a follow-up to my last blog. What’s interesting is the final night’s two games could not have gone much better for me but unfortunately my opponent’s kicker got JUST enough to secure the win by less than a point. 

One particular play late in the Ravens/Dolphins game really hurt when Lamar Jackson was stopped trying to run the ball in himself from one yard out. It brought up 4th down and the Ravens ended up kicking a field goal. So instead of 6 fantasy points for me, art’s Okay Team got 3. Youch. 

I may still get a bronze trophy for a 3rd place finish in the league but it’s little consolation for such a crushing defeat. 

Happy New Year! I sincerely hope you have a wonderful 2025. And I hope 2024 goes your way as well. Go, Texas Longhorns!

Nick Druga II

Art’s Okay Team is NOT okay

Sunday, December 25, 2023


My fantasy football semi-final playoff game is coming down to the wire. Whoever wins the game goes on to face Katie’s Disco Polar Bears in the championship game for all the fantasy marbles. 

What sucks the most is that I thought I had the game in the bag with only 8 minutes to play in the Broncos game when Russell Wilson had a pathetic 6 points. 

But then magic happened for Art and the Broncos mounted back-to-back scoring drives, each of which ended with a Wilson passing TD. 

He was dead in the water and then got a CRITICAL extra 20 points to give him a fighting chance to win, especially when MY quarterback Lamar Jackson has a sub-par performance vs. the Niners tonight, a VERY likely scenario considering how great San Fran is on both sides of the ball. 

Yahoo! is giving me a 55% chance to win, but it should really be the other way around. 

What’s MOST frustrating about the contest is the fact that Art’s team had no less than 6 players that didn’t even get 10 points and one that got zero! 

I should have won this in a walk but Amari Cooper decided to have the best receiving day in Cleveland Browns history. Urgh! 

Now I’m left crossing my fingers that Jackson and the Philly defense get the points they’re projected to get but I’m just not real confident that’s going to happen. 

Wish me luck! Oh, and Merry Christmas! I hope Santa brought some cool-ass shit this year. 

Nick Druga II

An argument for NOT playing Hurts Sunday night

Saturday, December 9, 2023

At the moment the Eagles are the best team in the NFL. 

Jalen Hurts is a HUGE part of that dominance being one of the best QBs in the league. Without him, the Eagles would be mediocre at best. 

That being the case, if I were the Eagles and my end goal is winning the Super Bowl, I would be very hesitant playing him in a game against a ferocious Dallas defense and risk him getting hurt. 

NOT playing him would basically mean conceding the game vs. the Cowboys but that doesn’t really matter because the Eagles have a soft schedule the rest of the season and the Cowboys have a hard one. Even if the Cowboys win this game, it’s very likely the Eagles will still win the division and have home field throughout the playoffs. 

That being the case, it makes sense to rest Hurts this week, ensuring his health for the stretch run. 

Hell, even with Hurts playing, the Cowboys will probably STILL win the game and then all you did was risk him getting injured for no reason. 

As a Cowboys fan, I’m happy the Eagles organization has too much pride to even consider a longer-term strategy such as this so it’s all a moot point really. 

But. 

If the Cowboys put the HURT on Hurts tomorrow night? Don’t say I didn’t warn ya.