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Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 12:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
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Born in Queens, New York, Tom Westman attended Archbishop Molloy High School, where he was a peer group counselor and member of the track team. In 1982, he held the school record in the pole vault, 14' 6'', which held for 20 years. He then studied history for three years at the State University of New York in Binghamton. In 1985, Westman followed his father's footsteps and joined the New York City Fire Department. He is currently a Lieutenant of Ladder Company 108 in Brooklyn. Simultaneously, he is finishing his undergraduate degree at Queens College, the City University of New York, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in history.

Westman enjoys sailing, skiing, scuba diving, golfing and cooking. He is most happy spending time with his family and friends. He describes himself as gregarious, practical and competitive. He is most proud of his department's response to the rescue efforts of September 11, 2001, and the everyday efforts to help alleviate the suffering in New York City. His hero is his daughter, Meghan, who lost her hearing to meningitis at 18 months old and, after receiving a cochlear implant at 2 years old, is currently mainstreamed and thriving in the third grade.

Westman is a member of the Uniformed Fire Officers Association and the Fire Department of New York Emerald Society. He was also a member of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Having been recognized for his support by Disabled Sports, USA, in 2001, Westman has returned every year since to volunteer as an instructor where he helps introduce recently disabled veterans to adaptive skiing.

Westman currently resides in Sayville, New York with his wife, Bernadette, and their three children, Meghan (8), Declan (6) and Conor (4). They have one golden retriever, Guinness. Westman's birth date is January 4, 1964.

Favorites
Colors Blue
Scents My wife's neck
Flowers Daylilies
Board Games Trivial Pursuit, Cranium
Video Games No favorite
Sports to Play Golf
Sports Teams Any team my kids are on
Outdoor Activities Sailing, skiing, running, gardening
TV Shows All HBO originals, anything on History or Discovery Channels
Movies The Pope of Greenwich Village, Pulp Fiction, Braveheart, The Gangs of New York
Actors Sean Connery, Christopher Walken, Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise
Actresses Nicole Kidman, Halle Berry, Laura Dern, Charlize Theron
Music Van Morrison, Black 47, Billie Holiday, The Chieftains, Jimmy Buffett
Magazines Time, Men's Journal, Cigar Aficionado
Books/Authors Hemingway, Steinbeck, Frost
Cereals GOLEAN Crunch!
Fruits Banana, watermelon
Snack Foods Cheese, pepperoni
Cookies Pepperidge Farms Sausalito
Candy Bars Hershey bar
Alcoholic Drinks Guinness Stout
Non-Alcoholic Starbucks coffee

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor10/survivors/fav/tom.shtml

Lorie
Member

08-29-2003

Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 5:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
So far this guy is my favorite. He sounds like a really nice guy.

Lilfair
Member

07-09-2003

Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 4:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok, is this gut for real? good looking and not jailbait ;).

I think he's got an edge. Working as a fire fighter he's got to have people skills. Having to spend a lot of time with his co-workers gives him a leg up on social skills.

He's got a great chance if his bio is accurate.

Allietex
Member

08-16-2002

Monday, February 07, 2005 - 1:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Love his choice of scents; his wife's neck. LOL

Lycanthrope
Member

09-19-2002

Monday, February 14, 2005 - 3:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Looks like he's an all around good guy. Hero-type, acutally...if he was 10 years younger, I'd say he was a big target, but at 41, the younger people might overlook him....he's got a good chance to win the whole thing if he plays his cards right...

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - 3:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
drool.....nice eyes and complimentary to his wife!!
a keeper!

Marameko
Member

07-15-2002

Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 11:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    


What a babe.


Jan
Member

08-01-2000

Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 2:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My kinda guy!!!!

Funny I found myself thinking Tom is just the right age for me and that Willard was just too too old....


sigh..then I realized that I am actually Willard's age!

Eeyoreslament
Member

07-20-2003

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 10:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Does anyone think Tom looks like John Slattery? He was on Sex and the City and I think he is on Jack and Bobby too. Not sure though.

js

Tntitanfan
Member

08-03-2001

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 5:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love Tom, and his strong stand about the fresh water made me VERY nervous! Zebras understand that blending in with the group is the way to survive -

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Friday, April 15, 2005 - 6:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm finding him pretty annoying lately, to be honest. If anyone else reads the comic Pearls Before Swine I think he needs a crocodile neighbor ! Just riffing on TNT's Zebra analogy.. Tom could be the "Zeeba neighbor".

zeeba

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Friday, April 15, 2005 - 6:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
oops.. that's "zeeba neighba". In the comic strip the crocs are always trying to con the Zebras, with the obvious goal of eating them.



Sassynegal
Member

01-21-2005

Friday, April 15, 2005 - 7:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Big Tom fan - if it wasn't for him and Ian this tribe would be starving and not having it 1/2 as easy as they do.

Those poor girls would have to get off their lazy bums and do something without Tom & Ian!

GO TOM!

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Friday, April 15, 2005 - 8:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm not sure we know that for sure, I mean that those two are the only ones ever to work. Gregg and Coby seemed to participate in work and Coby was sort of pushed aside.

But there is no argument from me that they aren't working and providing, I just think Tom is way too arrogant and immodest about it and I mean TO the others on the tribe rather than in confessional. He made such a huge deal of that shark and hanging the head as a putrifying trophy, bleh. Now that they are getting more air time, I just find him arrogant and annoying, which isn't saying he's not a provider. And, as TNT points out, he's said he is worried about showing his competitive edge too much.. for instance when they had the belut challenge, but that day, he pretty much had to go all out so they could win.

Last night I have to give him the benefit of the doubt; I think he was blindsided when so many of them jumped in for the cookies, but when Stephenie asked him how long he could hold out, instead of saying "I can stand here all night", he should have tried to indicate that he was getting tired or shaky. He's now announced to anyone who might have been in denial that he's made the transition from daddy and provider and tribe savior, to "your worst nightmare" in individual challenges. Zebra.

Kep421
Member

08-11-2001

Friday, April 15, 2005 - 8:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sea...simply LOVE that crock/zebra cartoons...HILARIOUS!!

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Friday, April 15, 2005 - 8:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love Pearls Before Swine!! The crocks never give up, especially since they moved next door to Zebra.

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Friday, April 15, 2005 - 9:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think Tom has got a bit cocky about his strengths too. Survivor is a game where being strong isn't necessarily a good thing, and if you are strong you certainly have to balance it out with some sort of behaviour that makes you needed in other ways. I don't think Tom's covered all his bases in that way, and his recent attitude has made it easier for the others to choose him to go without feeling guilty for removing the person who had helped provide for them so well.

But of course it Tom wins every immunity from now on he doesn't have to worry about anything. Hopefully Stephanie's pizza will give her the strength to win the next one!

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Friday, April 15, 2005 - 10:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Coby says Tom was a dictator from day one. They clearly are not friends, at least as of Coby's interview today.

Yess! Go Steph!! Pizzapower!!

Tntitanfan
Member

08-03-2001

Saturday, April 16, 2005 - 6:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yo, Tom! Think Zebra!!

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Saturday, May 07, 2005 - 10:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The Zeebas did okay last episode.. Tom can thank Ian for waking him up.. AND for sticking with the rock avoidance game, but taking that chance, though only Tom was taking the chance for their side.

Cdbga
Member

10-04-2004

Saturday, May 07, 2005 - 10:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Eeyore - I totally see the Tom/John Slattery resemblance, too. I don't think I noticed it until Tom started to get scruffy, but now when I see him, I think of JS. And the other night, I was watching Jack & Bobby and as soon as JS came on, I started thinking about Tom! The first thing I ever saw Slattery on was one of my old favorites "Home Front". I fell in "love" with him immediately...which is very much like my immediate "love" of Tom!