Hey what are your plans for New Years Eve?

We used to get together with a bunch of friends and have a big blowout. We talked about doing something in the wine and cheese place but we couldn't organize anything and we are just too exhausted after the trip to Florida.

So we will have a quiet night at home.

Now that is heaven in my book.

Time to call it a night.

The store was kind of quiet today. It was a beautiful day so I guess everyone is out at barbeques or at the beach or whatever.

So we are heading home early. A nice quiet dinner. Then we might sit out in the yard. Listen to some Frank and Dean and Sammy. Maybe enjoy a cigar. Relax.

Now we're talking! Idol does songs of the Rat Pack!

Hey they announced that American Idol will be doing the songs of the Rat Pack and man that is right up my alley. So some song picks.

Allison: "Luck be A Lady Tonight" from the Chairman of the Board. Sammy's Davis's "What kind of fool am I." Deano's"Ain't Love a Kick in the Head." Or even a fun arrangement of "High Hopes."

Danny: To pull those heartstrings out of your chest he has to sing Deans "Return to Me." Or "Fly Me to the Moon."

Matt: "Its a Quarter to Three" or Sammy's version of "Try a Little Tenderness" from the 1966 album of the same name.

Chris: Should go with "Love and Marriage" or Dean's "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime" with shots of his wife in the audience. Or the piano alone version of "You can't take that away from me" from Sinatra Live in London 1967.

Adam can bring the house down if he does "Angel Eyes" which is my favorite Sinatra performance. I saw him do it in Atlantic City when he was almost senile. I mean he blew through a medley of his hits like My Way and New York, New York but he put his heart and soul into "Angel Eyes." It would be perfect.

Basically my advice would be to stay away from the standards that everyone knows like "My Way" or "New York, New York" or even the "Summer Wind." That will become pure Karaoke and will not win them any points. There are plenty of great songs they can pick that they can hit out of the park.

I am excited.