Blue Zone Zyracuse

Author: Matt

  • Down The Ol’ Fishing Hole

    “Let that lonesome whistle blow my blues awaay. Marty, grab me another beer, hot today.” “You’ve got it, John.” “Not a single bite today,” John sighed, drained the last stale drops from the can he’d been nursing, and wiped the sweat from his brow. Marty tripped up the bank, catching himself on the cooler. “It’s…

  • Mother

    She gave him everything he ever needed. Sometimes she had to work 60 hours a week. Sometimes she may have had to give a little more to her supervisors than she wanted to, but her son was never left without what he needed. Not to say she gave him everything he wanted. He never did…

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  • Final Thoughts

    “Mom, no!” That’s when I bashed her head in, monkey wrench to the forehead. The woman had taken care of me for 22 years and it came down to that. I didn’t think I could do it. She’s my mom, for Christ’s sake. Well, was my mom anyways. Have you ever bashed your own mother’s…

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  • Earth Day

    Before the outbreak, we used to run around with trash bags. We used to try to make the earth prettier. It made us feel good about ourselves, or at least good enough to go back to driving our SUV’s guilt-free. This year it was a completley different story. Instead of picking up plastic bags, I…

  • Nielsen’s Gift

    Battalion B, Squad 24 trudged back into the Zone after a long day of slaughter on a breezy, pleasantly cool Syracuse September day. “Good job out there today, Guys,” Billy said, looking down at his gore-coated shoes. “What’re you gonna do now?” asked Greg. “I dunno. Tom, you still have that bottle under your cot?”…

  • St. Valentine’s Day Massacre

    Greg looked into the eyes of his fiancée, the woman he had proposed to just two years ago. When he awoke that morning he never would have guessed that he’d be in this situation. Luckily, without electricity, the convenience store’s doors wouldn’t open and somehow the glass on both the windows and door remained intact.…

  • Nielsen

    Today, Billy Nielsen is a name that inspires laughter in the zone, but there was a time when in the city that name, the name of the best quarterback the city had ever seen, meant Bowl games and wins. It meant first downs and touchdowns. Then the man graduated, leaving behind a legacy of a…

  • Developing Character

    So I was laying on the couch watching Man Vs. Wild when it hit me. I’m thinking the name Billy Neilsen. Former ‘cuse football star who after a couple mediocre years in the NFL was cut and left to do what all failed athletes do…. motivational speaking. Obviously bitter about his failed football career, he…