About Michael Crook

 

I am Michael Crook of Albany, New York.  If you’re looking for Michael Crook the lawyer, music producer, photographer, professor or whatever else, you’re looking in the wrong place.  There are many Michael Crooks.

No, I’m absolutely not the only Michael Crook, but I’m the best one! A proud 1997 graduate of Oakcrest High School in Mays Landing, New Jersey, among other educational institutions, my educational background is in Mass Communications and Criminal Justice.

My professional background shows that I am highly skilled, desirable and dependable.  I have a background in broadcast engineering.  Because of that, I am highly trained in all aspects of the Emergency Alert System and, if given the opportunity, I can react appropriately when the national-level EAS alert activates, signaling to the world the beginning of World War III.

In addition to English, I speak Dutch and can trace my Dutch heritage back to at least the 14th century.  Additionally, just for funsies, I am an anger translator.  I translate for people who are too kind or shy to speak angrily.  As I lived in Mays Landing, New Jersey for some time, I can help with the anger aspect.  I am also fluent in UK English.

Furthermore, I am a certified American Sign Language interpreter.  I have performed interpreting services for all manner of events, church services and meetings.

I am one of the first people to have established an internet-based fan club for a European dance act.  That club was the Unlimited Too Fan Club, which feted Dutch dance group 2 Unlimited from 1993 through 1996.  Through that club, which I ran throughout junior and high school, I established professional contacts that continue to this day.

I am well known on the internet for a variety of reasons, not the least of which was my 2006 experiment where I posed as a college-age girl seeking single men.  The goal was to expose married and otherwise committed men who thought they could hide from accountability online.

Not generally known for my affability, compassion or empathy, I do not believe in any form of conflict resolution.  I owe that personality trait to my time living in New Jersey.  You get one chance with me.  Rock my boat in any manner and you’re cooked as far as I am concerned.  I do not forgive and I do not forget.  I hold grudges going back to 1982.

I am one of those people who follows the possibility of World War III.  I have written numerous articles on the subject and I consider myself to be an expert on the subject matter.

I am a proud fur parent to two lively and vocal cats.  After thirty years of Mormonism, I came home to the Catholic Church in 2022.   I attend Mass weekly and I volunteer whenever and wherever needed in my parish.  Though I am a Catholic, I do not in any way represent my parish, diocese nor the Church.

Finally, I am a DNR activist.