I decided to make a BC Lion's themed Hockey Jersey. I started watching the Lions when I was about 9 but really started to get into in the early 80s so I chose to put the #58 of defensive end Nick Hebeler on the back. Nick Hebeler ,who played for the Lions between 1979 to [...]

My blog is worth $313,319.70.How much is your blog worth? So I happened upon an interesting site today. Inspired by Tristan Louis’s research into the value of each link to Weblogs Inc, the author created a little applet using Technorati’s API which computes and displays your blog’s worth using the same link to dollar ratio [...]

After several years with my current provider I have moved shupe.ca from BackSun to a new hosting service NetFirms.

Jeaniene’s brother Dale died suddenly of a brain aneurysm on Monday evening. It was something that had no warning signs and happened while he was at work with his job for the City of Burnaby. All his siblings and his parents arrived in town today for the funeral on Friday. Dale Kenneth Rostad, of New [...]

This time it was Jeaniene’s mom who suffered a heat attack. The doctors have determined that bypass surgery is not required.

My sister Rene got married today. The Ceremony was performed by my Uncle Terry. Renee has been with her new husband Richard Pasak for a couple of years now. They purchased a house in the Cloverdale part of Surrey and live their with Rick’s son Ryan from his first marriage. Their new house was the [...]

Well my father’s good living has caught up with him. Jeaniene and I were over for dinner on August 26th after picking up Emery. That evening my Father had a heart attack. This was his second heart attack but this time he realized what was happening and drove himself to the hospital. Not to smart [...]

Monday night my friend, mentor, co-worker, and boss died suddenly due to complications from a back injury he suffered about a month and a half ago. Al leaves behind a wife, Sylvia, three children Kate, John and Tom, his brother Tom and his sister Rita. Al touched the lives of many people he worked with [...]

One of the spicier hot sauces I have ever tried is Dave’s Insanity Sauce from Dave’s Gourmet. Well they just came out with what is probably one of the hottest rather than coolest gadgets we’ve come across, the world’s first adjustable hot sauce spray. The Adjustable Heat Sauce is a pretty clever kind of spice [...]

The following was an article I found on TheTyee.ca and I being an avid curler at the Vancouver Curling Club I thought I would share it. Urban curling. Ironically, I’m sensing a new way of life. By Rob Peters Published: May 31, 2006 TheTyee.ca It’s weird. I don’t curl, yet lately I’ve been hanging out [...]