AB.com Weekend Open Mic.

I'm sure some of you are wondering what in the world happened to the blog you once loved.[1] Some of you are probably also wondering why there are more ads here than new posts nowadays. What can I say, folks: keeping a blog up and running on a regular basis is hard, hard work. When you have a Day Job, 3 young kids, and very little free time, something has to give.

Hopefully I'll find a little more time to keep things going here next week. This has been a very busy stretch, and I appreciate everyone's patience.

For now, some linkage of interest. Chime in below.

Officials probing whether workplace dispute drove Navy Yard shooting [WashPost]

Generation Drake [Grantland]

Did the Decline of Sampling Cause the Decline of Political Hip Hop? [The Atlantic]

The best (and worst) of Apple’s iOS 7 [WashPost]

The Forgotten Phenom [Grantland]

Question: What's on your mind today? Drop some links, start a convo.

[1] "Love" meaning "showed up occasionally to burn my lunch hour".