Sonnystone Acres

Thom is the oldest son of Sonia and Romy Jose’, born August 16, 1972.  He graduated from Brebeuf Jesuit in 1990 and blazed the trail to Indiana University, graduating in 1994 with a Bachelor’s Degree in biochemistry.  He went on to Texas A&M, earning his Masters Degree in chemical education in 2002.  He has worked at Blinn College-Bryan campus since 2003, where he is Co-ordinator of the chemistry program and teaches.  Thom and I bonded during the Casey-Jose’ wedding festivities.  He is a very charming man who shares many of my interests, the most prominent at that time being ciggies; now we share an abiding love for Emma Magnolia.   I was a little awed by his majors and thought he might be a little smarter than me, but I was wrong: he’s a lot smarter–though I did manage a B in biochemistry in college.  He’s also a guy who’s fun to talk to and be with and I was honored when he visited Sonnystone in 2006.  It is especially obvious that we have a lot in common when you see some of his answers to the interview questions.  I swear, Thom, I did not look at your interview before I did my realtime interview last week…we just think alike, darlin’.  I’d love to visit him in College Station, TX someday and have him squire me around.  Sounds dangerous, doesn’t it?   

Age:  37

Bed size:  full

Chore you hate:  cleaning the litter box

Cat’s names:  Suity and Chicklet…I didn’t name them, they came named

Essential “start your day” items:  caffeine and nicotine

Favorite color:  Red

Gold or Silver:  silver

Height:  5′7″

Instrument you play:  piano (out of practice);  my voice (which gets practiced most Thursday nights at karaoke

Job title:  chemistry instructor; program coordinator

Kids:  none…a beautiful niece has been wonderful, though

Living arrangements:  a townhome that I keep for 2 cats

Mom’s name:  Sonia

Nicknames:  Tommy boy

Overnight hospital stay (other than childbirth):  n/a…I’ve never had to go to the hospital for anything

Pet peeves:  folks who text instead of being part of a conversation

Quote from a movie:  “I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti” - Silence of the Lambs (favorite movie of all time)

Righthanded or left handed:  right

Siblings:  Brian and Eric

Time you wake up:  the alarm is set for 8am…sometime after that (I am the late shift, after all)

Underwear:  boxers and boxer briefs

Veggie you most like and dislike:  potatoes…and I’ve never met a veggie I didn’t really like (or grown to love)

Ways you cope with stress:  You don’t really want to know!

X-ray vision (have you ever predicted the future correctly?):  not in recent memory

Zoo you like best:  my classroom when students are working together.