Alsson At Large

These are my footnotes to the collective consciousness.

I think I'm the oldest person on Tumblr and possibly the only Conservative. My posts are mostly reblogs, often with reactions and rebuttals to Liberal nonsense I'm simply unable to ignore. Occasionally, I am moved to share something personal, often from my past. I'm just messing around here, is what it all boils down to. I had a blue-collar youth and a white-collar career, both in the midwest. I built, ran and sold a business, have stayed married to the same person since 1965 and have two children and one grandchild I adore. Life hasn't always been easy, but it has been very good overall. That's me, for now.

Also, I own almost none of the photographs or videos I post. If I've used one of yours and you want me to remove it, just ask.

thedailywhat:

Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day: Remember Scott Widak, the man with Down syndrome who was terminally ill with liver disease, and whose nephew Sean O’Connor posted Widak’s address to Reddit this past spring?

“One of my uncle’s favorite things to do is open mail, and I thought that if he got a lot of mail it would cheer him up.”

Widak died Saturday, and O’Connor returned to Reddit with an update – and with a beautiful Imgur album that captures the last months of Widak’s life, and the letters and gifts he received from all over the world:

Thank you reddit for thinking of my uncle. He will surely be missed… His general cheerfulness did decline a bit as he got more ill, but his happiness didn’t fail to shine through at times no matter how sick he got.

[dailydot]