[Bernard]

Ruth thought she was immortal, to go along with being irrereplacable. How does that saying go: "Man plans, God laughs."

Or as the seemingly immortal knight in the Indiana Jones movie about the Holy Grail said, "She chose poorly."

Can't wait for reality to catch up to Nancy Pelosi.

[kabar]

As those of us in the latter stages of life realize, mortality is never far from your thoughts. I am sure Pelosi, who just turned 80, knows that each day is a gift.