For Bella, blowing up her life on a regular basis seemed to be her favorite pastime. 

 "See, I told you it didn't work," said the politician after purposefully gumming up the works. 

 He saw the old man and it was he.

 The retiring senator claimed American politics was a bell curve but it was more like a jump rope with the agitators on either end forcing the rest to continue hop(p)ing or go down face-first onto the concrete.  

 Dave doubled down on indulging in January feeling like he had to pick up the slack for everyone else. 

 Rob skipped the resolutions and went straight to the regrets. 

Drool glistened on her cheek as her head lolled to one side long before the stroke of midnight.