Where do you start when you want to mark Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday? The Wall Street Journal offers these eight suggestions.

You must begin, however, with a song.

You could also dip into one of the two volumes of James Kaplan’s definitive Sinatra biography. Andrew O’Hagan’s novel The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of his Friend Marilyn Monroe is an affectionate look at the top of the world through the eyes of the dog Sinatra really did give Marilyn. And she named him Maf.

What a rich vein of Sinatra with his peers in a golden age of song the internet provides.

These 2 colorized minutes may be the peak of that era. You know what we mean?

Look at how easy these four legends make it look with a light confection.

Thanks to beautiful, vexing Ava Gardner, no one could sing about a broken heart like Sinatra.

A lot was and continues to be written about Sinatra’s ill-temper and disreputable associates. Today, let’s look to the wisdom of Ronald Reagan who said let’s hope those things aren’t true.

One hundred years from today, the world will celebrate his 200th birthday and remark on his singular life.

Governor Dannel P. Malloy is not a friend of diversity of thought. Malloy is in an alright twist over Nelson “Oz” Griebel’s recent letter to the legislature suggesting it slow the rush to adopting an amendment to the state constitution imposing a “lockbox” on transportation spending.

Griebel thinks the legislature should wait until a transportation study panel he serves on issues a report early next year. Malloy was not pleased. Griebel serves as the president of the MetroHartford Alliance, where the governor was scheduled to speak Wednesday at its Rising Star Breakfast. Fast as you can say aurora borealis, Malloy cancelled his speech and Griebel was summoned to the corporate woodshed. Offering measured advice in public that conflicts with the Malloy way is no longer allowed. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker seems more open to other people’s ideas. Sometimes that pays off.

A terse MetroAlliance email message announced the rising star to shooting star cancellation. Refunds are available from Roberto Capossela.

The next breakfast, scheduled for January 12th, will feature the newly elected mayor of Hartford, Luke Bronin Peron. Any zoning supplicants who did not respond to campaign fundraising solicitations from the Greenwich plutocrat may want to consider attending as the season on retribution continues.

Can there be any doubt? Miss Peggy Lee on Boston’s ability to shock.

Full marks to chatty Republican Larry Kudlow for making incumbent U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) a mass of nerves about his upcoming re-election campaign. Daily Ructions understands the tightly wound faux Vietnam veteran is worried bordering on frantic at the prospect of facing the television talker, despite the great advantage Blumenthal enjoys in polling and perception.

Don’t be surprised if Sergeant Blumenthal’s hair turns even darker with worry. The near-septuagenarian (he turns 70 in February) may be in a twist over facing another opponent who can explain how a job is created. Explaining his appeasement of the Iranian ayatollahs may also present a challenge this round.

The Greenwich millionaire’s fraught manner is said to have at least one aide counting the days to retirement vesting and release from the daily niagara of calls. 

Kudlow  is expected to make a decision early in 2016 on whether to seek the Republican nomination to face Blumenthal.

UPDATE: The CNBC contributor may announce an exploratory committee this weekend.

Republicans heading to New Canaan for an evening with Morning Joe at his home should remember to bring photo ID. Partygoers, many of whom Scarborough does not know but would like to celebrate the birth of the baby Jesus with, were a trifle surprised to receive a message Thursday telling them that getting past security will require some proof of identity for the 7 p.m. event.

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough will be playing host to a gaggle of Connecticut Republicans at a holiday party this Friday at his New Canaan home. The guest list is considerably more extensive than the ones for some summer weekend dinners the former Florida Republican congressman had at his house earlier this year. Those dinners veered more into political strategy and the way forward for the state’s tattered Republican organization than Friday’s will.

Some recipients have been surprised to be invited to a holiday party by a stranger, but are curious to see who else will be in attendance. The invitations, delivered by email, did not include the option to bring a spouse, partner or friend.  Republicans will, therefore, be required to speak to one another as part of their merrymaking.

Glenroy Brown was buying a house in leafy Glastonbury, Connecticut. The seller, who had moved out, allowed Mr. Brown to start moving possessions into the house on a Friday before the Monday closing. A neighbor, Lucinda Mudry, saw Mr Brown and a friend, Enrique Moran, outside the house. Here is what happened next:

A few minutes later:

Police incident report notes, “No criminal activity observed.”

If someone is burgling a home, he usually takes things out of it rather than puts them in, no matter what their race.

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Former state Senator John McKinney will head the Republican party’s state finance committee, Daily Ructions has learned. McKinney fills a vacancy left by party favorite Leora Levy, of Greenwich. Levy resigned as the party’s chief fundraiser earlier this year to give new chair J.R. Romano a chance to shape the state party hierarchy.

McKinney served as the Senate Republican leader, giving up his seat to run for governor last year. He lost the nomination fight to former Ambassador Tom Foley who #threwitaway in his autumn rematch with incumbent Democrat Dannel P. Malloy. Malloy is at the center of an ominous state election campaign finance investigation of his 2014 campaign. The former New York prosecutor has refused to hand over emails the state’s election finance agency is seeking as storm clouds gather.