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The Razor scooter, a child's best friend for many years! They go zipping up and down sidewalks, streets, and parking lots looking for places just steep enough for a sweet jump or a fast and smooth ride. Days are spent cruising around the neighborhood picking up friends along the way who are desperate to try that one last trick that they were unable to land the night before. Dinner is ready and all the moms and dads are calling for the return of their kids before the street lights come on. There will always be tomorrow.

As a child I spent most of my youth jumping bikes off of ramps made of plywood and bricks, riding my skateboard off of curbs, steps, and sometimes just straight into the creek. A Razor scooter was not something we had growing up in the 1970's, at least not in my neighborhood. We had Big Wheels, dirt bikes, and skateboards.

The next dad to come in for an interview is Jeremy Biser. Jeremy and I have something in common besides the fact that we are both stay-at-home dads; we both interview other dads, too! Two weeks ago I was featured in his Spotlight on Dads series for his Discovering Dad site. Last March we both met in the Dads Community on cre8Buzz.com , a new social networking site for bloggers, writers, photographers, entrepreneurs, sports enthusiasts, and many others. Here he is to tell you more about his life as a dad.

• Taking on the commitment of an at-home dad is a big decision. What factors contributed to your family’s decision?

The simple answer is that my wife, Lori, had a job with more flexibility. When she got pregnant, we were both District Managers working for incredible retail companies. Both of us made good money, and we both loved our jobs. We both had good benefits, although hers was slightly better with regard to paid leave and flex time. We didn't make a final decision until a few months before our son Ty was born.

• What do you think is your best quality for your job as the primary caregiver to your children?

Holy Golf-Lover's Dream! Last week I was one of the game's luckiest spectators as I stepped foot onto the hallowed grounds of Augusta National - the most beautiful course in the world.

Ten years ago my Dad and two Uncles went with my Grandpa when one of my Uncle's won the lottery for a chance to purchase four Masters practice round tickets. In 2005, my Grandpa, the one responsible for the Grayson boys' love of golf, passed away peacefully in his home just a few yards away from the 16^th green where I practiced many putts as a child. Last year my Uncle won the ticket lottery again and I was asked by them to complete the foursome in my Grandpa's honor. A new chapter in my life has begun.

Last week was Spring Break here in Austin, TX. For me that usually meant working more shifts to make extra cash from the South by Southwest festival people who flooded the streets of downtown Austin and the surrounding clubs and restaurants. One year when I was much younger, unmarried and without kids, some friends and I made the rite of passage trip to South Padre Island. Those days, however, are just a distant memory now that we have two children and many more responsibilities.

Then came Spring Break 2008! As most of you probably know, we here at Quirkee Media and our friends from Quack!Media co-hosted a party on 6^th Street last Thursday (Image Gallery ). The day before is when my kids went to my parents' house for the weekend. This was the first time ever that we have both been away from our kids at the same time. I had visions of them waking up in the middle of the night screaming, "Mama! Daddy!" Of course, that never happened. My parents informed us that they slept all through the nights without any trouble.

Pat Glennon is annoyingly boring. He really is! He writes a blog called Annoyingly Boring? and honestly, he's quite the opposite. Pat is another dad I met online through DadStaysHome.com and he is also wildly popular on the new cre8Buzz site with his page here. He comes from a large family and I don't mean tall (he is 6' 5", though) but I mean he has five brothers and one sister. Pat is a native of Boston and looks forward to his swim in the harbor every New Year's Day - because he's crazy like that. He had a lot to say when he came into the Daddyshack and none of it was annoyingly boring.

Remember when the world communicated only in person or on the telephone? Our facial expressions and voices relayed our feelings without any worry of miscommunication. If you were angry or making a joke it would be obvious by the tone of your voice or the laughter that would follow.

Then along came email, online forums, and chat boxes. All of the sudden people didn't have to really talk to each other using their voices. Forums and chat boxes proved to be useful tools to have conversations with multiple people at once. Sending emails is a major way of communicating in many workplaces or with friends and relatives. All of the sudden everybody became so impersonal.

Discovering funny and interesting dads for this interview series has become somewhat of an addiction. I belong to quite a few networking sites and forums and continue to stumble upon some really great candidates to interrogate here in the Daddyshack.

Joe Schatz is one of the dads I met on a new site, cre8Buzz.com, and he has created quite a following of readers on his website, joeprah.com . Joe's site even caught the attention of Kathleen Deveny of Newsweek who wrote this article about throwing away your kid's artwork and mentioned his blog post from earlier this year on the same subject. When you get a chance you should stop by his blog and read some of the funny stuff he writes on a daily basis. For now, sit back with some hot coffee or a tasty beverage and read more about Joe as he takes his turn in the Daddyshack.

On New Year's Eve nine years ago my wife and I were married. Not long after that my mother-in-law emailed us a comparison of our astrological signs showing how we are a great match. I'm not the kind of person that reads their horoscope every day, but I know what the stars say about Virgos and they pretty much dead-on describe my personality and traits. I could say the same for my wife, a Capricorn, and apparently the stars say we work well together. When she emailed this comparison I immediately printed it out and put it on the refrigerator next to our wedding photo where it remains to this day.