The Peter Cross Biography - a rock and roll man in a rock and roll joke

The Peter Cross Biography

Description:	Opaque, sedentary, extraordinarily male type object with a variable temperature, occasional gaseousness, and a mildly salty taste at the critical locations.
Age:	Between 20 and 5000 years old, depending upon the velocity of the observer (that's a salty taste of Peter Cross' Theory of Relativity which is in The Interview with Peter Cross, Part 2) .
Features:	"Heavy cross on shoulders, monkey on back with knife sticking out, black cloud hovering over head, horrified expression on face, heart exposed on sleeve". Ah, but that was from 1996! Currently floating on pink cloud, nothing to do with AA. Cross has been lifted, monkey with knife is gone, sense of humor has returned in spades, and the old heart is back beating strongly on the left side of the chest.
Obsessions:	Rock and roll, women, great pizza - and not necessarily in that order either. Now to those three add gourmet cooking, a relatively new development in 2004 inspired by the first Grande Chef de France, Master Paul Bocuse, and The Great Iron Chef, Master Hiroyuki Sakai. Absorbing their inspiration into many months of cooking caused the exclamation to burst forth - Damn, I'm Good! .
Allergies:	Disco "music", cRAP "music", rock and roll that doesn't rock or roll, pigs (except in Good Cops Love Rock and Roll because the two things have to occur simultaneously and it never seems to happen in real life), and sub-microscopic bacteria named "self".
Hobbies:	Recreational sex, especially in recreational vehicles and/or in spontaneous recreational areas. Oh, this one cannot be stressed enough!
Addictions:	Pre-approved, pre-authorized pizza, i.e. Sal's Pizzeria Restaurant, Mamaroneck, N.Y. and La Rocca's in San Clemente.
Best song:	Sherry, by the Four Seasons (also one secret ingredient in Peter Cross' Chicken Savior Sauce).
Sports:	Totally non-competitive. Likes to watch air, although maybe being a net surfer qualifies as a sport.
Last sighting:	Sal's Pizzeria Restaurant in 1997 right before a business meeting with "Large Louie".
Last words:	"Yo, Sal ! One more slice with extra cheese for Louie. Yeah, fuckin' A, it's on me."
Resurrection:	Awakened from death in 2004, current interests include all available women and rock and roll (but no pizza because it can't measure up to Sal's), gourmet cooking, being a Web Master, and interacting with the planet Earth.

Born with both a mother and a father, unremarkable school career with no indication of creative talent and only a marginal suggestion of competence in the real world. Sexual energy first manifested at 11 years old and was virtually uncontrollable by age 13, but unfortunately girls did not notice at all. Remained invisible until age 16 at which time high visibility occurred overnight after joining The Dolphins, a local rock and roll band with a regional hit record. Shock to consciousness was intense, but was softened by the caring hands of more than three females (exact number unknown). Heterosexuality confirmed by testing, repeat testing, and still more testing after that. Subsequent life includes many loves, births, deaths, successes, failures, outstanding meals, colitis maximus, Paxil, Uncle Vino and Lady Vodka, the white light, and the infamous "Rough Ride in the Rubber Room."

2004 update: The rough ride in the rubber room is OVER. Ten Years After (few people remember the group with Alvin Lee who was purported to be the fastest guitar player ever, obviously before Eddie Van Halen), the traumatic after effects still reverberate through the space/time continuum like a mini-Auschwitz, but emerging from the psychic escape tunnel into the inner light at the end is an experience to be savored with a good smoke. As I say a lot these days, "Smoke one for the idiot !" Like that one? Here's some more clever stuff .