The internet became their nanny, advisor, and best friend.

At night he dreamed of swimming with sharks and by day hunkered down in his office avoiding his coworkers.

No one hailed him as a hero or patted him on the back, but Hank had served his country without peer as a deep-cover OSS operative during the war.

We made a promise to each other but time and circumstances smashed it to a pulp.

The media couldn't wait to put a nice little label on the incident and wrap it all up with a big red bow.

After that bloodiest of years the old man's predictions about the End Days didn't seem so funny.

All the Saints in the Catholic cosmos couldn't help this lost cause.