Barbra, Bombs and Bradley Beal

The Schloss-Blog is writing this post in honor of fellow Brooklynite Barbra Streisand and her new memoir, all nearly 1,000 pages of it.

Meanwhile, in the rest of the world...

...Why is everyone jumping on Biden's supposed mental alertness when Trump keeps forgetting...

• ...If he's in Sioux Falls or Sioux City
• ...If he ran against Barack Obama in 2016 or Barack Obama in 2020
• ...If Obama is yet going to get us into ... wait for it ... World War II
• ...and that he was serving as president and keeping us safe in the world in 2021 ... when he wasn't president

Can't wait to see what he forgets next. His children sure forgot everything at the Trump Organization trial in New York City.

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Never forget - Hamas attacked Israel and still wants to kill all Jews, ceasefire notwithstanding.

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Anyone watching the NBA In-Season Tournament games? The off-color, multi-color courts being used are U-G-L-Y!

Also, having trouble generating interest in these games, or about as much as I have for regular-season NBA games, in which no one plays defense.

They don't in these games either

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I was a little behind in my reading, so I still had a many months-old edition of GQ (yes, I read that, fashion plate that I am), the one that had an in-depth profile of Matthew Perry. Because he only just passed away, picking it up and reading it put a lot about him into a little better perspective.

He was enigmatic, to say the least.

His descriptions of his days and nights on prescription drug-infused highs are enough to make you as sick as he was, literally rolling around in his own excretions and not knowing where he was. His reflections on the celebrities he dated are penetrating, as are the reasons he broke up with so many of them: he was afraid they'd break up with him first as soon as they discovered the truth about him. He was in and out of rehab - wait for it - 65 times.

The cast and crew of "Friends" never deserted him, always supported him and stood by him.

To the bitter end.

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Spending as much time as I do in Phoenix now, I 've been peeking in on Phoenix Suns games (literally, just peeking in - I cannot watch an NBA game, start to finish until the playoffs).

The Suns have an almost completely redone roster and have added star guard Bradley Beal.

But since they're all still getting to know each other, their games look like average schoolyard shootouts and they don't have Devin Booker, who's been hurt.

And it shows.

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Does anyone think Hamas would grant a ceasefire if Israel asked for it?

Yeah, me neither.

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Ohio has enshrined abortion into its state constitution.

Virginia voted to ensure that its legislature doesn't propose any kind of abortion ban.

Republicans are not getting the message that abortion is a loser.

Just like they are. Just like Trump is.

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Had the pleasure of covering Arizona's first Class 6A (big schools) Girls Flag Football championship game last week for the Arizona Republic.

What a blast. Refreshingly original. Extremely competitive attitudes from these star athletes. On the sidelines, they were as into it as their male football counterparts, but without the F bombs.

Worth watching. Worth covering.

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Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you, Mountain View girls flag football.

More Sunday night on my Radio Free Phoenix rock 'n' roll show. And thanks for all the anniversary and birthday wishes.

It's Veteran's Day weekend - remember them and their service.