This fellow has the website www.tomash.com, which is well worth a visit. He admits to being a Real Estate agent in the La Mesa region, but to me he is much more. He is my idol, my hero figure and the person I aspire to.
Dubious? Read this quote from the man-mountain himself...
"I have built a reputation for client satisfaction, and I am devoted to making your move as easy as possible. You will have the added benefit of working with an agent who understands your needs when buying, selling, or relocating. Finding the right home is only the beginning. I will assist you every step of the way to ensure smooth sailing."
With that sort of customer care, he is an inspiration, surely, for every Tom Ash, and indeed, every person around the world.
Here are other parts of Tom I have grown to love:
The haircut shows this Tom to be a man of distinction, with that side-parted loveliness combined with a sort of fluffed up bit on top, not too overstated yet full of style. The colour is just the right side of brown, and doesn't appear to be receding hardly at all, a haircut to be proud of. If you see me with similar hair, you now know my inspiration.
Like so much of Tom, this smile has an understated style that is hard to mimic. He shows just enough teeth to be seen as friendly without looking like he is going to try and chew on you, or do a Cherie Blair-like horse impersonation (though I'm sure he could if he wanted, and better than Cherie too, that' the kind of man Tom is).
This smile says to me, "I'm Tom Ash. Relax, it'll all be alright now I'm here." There are no unsightly dimples here, just educated lines and sophistication.
The picture (which is the only visual evidence I have of Tom) isn't too forthcoming on Tom's tie, but I am sure it is full of beauty and fantasticness, which the picture starts to hint at. All we can tell is that it appears to be red, with grey bits, possibly shaped like koala bears, from which I deduce that he has a love of culture, nature and other good things anding in 'ture'. Very few people can pull off that tie (the great monk-priests of Ty-Varin pull off ties nearly as powerful, but Tom does it better, despite far fewer years of training) but Tom manages it with a smile, which is to be forever praised.
