10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, The Groove!

Greetings, Groovsters, and welcome to a new, 2015 edition of the Groove.

You may be thinking: Why The Groove?

Or:

Why, The Groove?

Or:

Why, The Groove!

All excellent questions, unless they aren’t excellent, and unless you consider the one that’s not a question to be not a question. But just how can one determine excellence? Hellooooooo . . . T H E   G R O O V E !!!

Today’s installment will not address “mission statements.” Our last installment, Groovinson, beat that subject into the ground.

One time the Groove accidentally wrote “The GROVE” instead of “The Groove.” It worked out because people have positive associations with groves.

Straight ahead (haha, TV news anchors say that a lot)—Politics Groove-style, featuring a very important story about……..………blogs!

POLITICS GROOVE-STYLE

Blogger's Law, Shmlogger's Law!

It has come to the Groove’s attention that Russian president Vladimir V. Putin, in an effort to stifle dissenting points of view, has implemented a so-called “blogger’s law.” Popular online voices are required to register with the government, which can then easily track, redact, and censure content. Obviously, The Groove is outraged by this, takes it very seriously, and will address it accordingly.

CELEBRITY CORNER

Kickin' It with Anne Hathaway in New York

Peter Bruun, long-time friend of the Groove and poster of ingenious Groove “comments,” was recently in New York visiting his mother. As they were getting on the elevator in his mother’s building, Anne Hathaway, who also lives in the building, was exiting the elevator. She held the elevator door for them and said, “Have a good one.”

Kickin' It with Anne Hathaway in New Jersey

Meredith Hoffmann-Thomson, daughter of Paul Hoffmann (friend of The Groove and member of The Hoffmann/Goldstein Duo), was a high-school classmate and friend of Anne Hathaway in New Jersey.

The Groove would like to set forth that it is not our style to have a story about something such as there being a big change in the percentage of people who take a gap year between high school and college.

At this point, a lot of readers are thinking things like: “I love the Groove,” and “The Groove just totally NAILED IT!” The Groove is fully aware of that because the Groove knows it has an international readership comprising brilliant, sophisticated people worldwide—scholars interested in ­­the complete story, with all its thorniness, complexity, and nuances. Groove readers are galvanized by the no-holds-barred reporting style of Tommy and Rachie, old-school newsies who are one hundred percent committed, in every post, every article, to solid, hard-hitting journalism! Long live the Groove!

And finally, The Groove is ambivalent as to whether or not to say “Happy New Year” to its readers. Without going into why we’re ambivalent, even though some readers might want to know, we’ve decided to just BRING IT:

Happy and healthy 2015, Groovsters! From Tommy and Rachie. (And, of course, keep it real!)