For a while now, our status has been somewhat up in the air. Were we going back to Iceland or staying in the US? If the US, where?

We know the answer now. We are moving to New York. Manhattan, in fact. This is a move that Rob and I have been talking about for years now, because, though we both love Portland, career-wise we need to be in NY or LA. That choice was the easy part; Rob went to NYU and we had no interest in LA. No offense folks, but we like winter and don’t like owning a car.

Anyway, we finally settled enough of the particulars last night to feel comfortable starting to let people know. We’ll be living on the Upper Westside and moving around the end of April. There’s a chance that I may come out sooner, because of some freelance work, but I’ll keep you posted as things progress.

Those of you who live in Portland, we’ll be doing some downsizing, so if anyone is looking for furniture… Books too and Powell’s won’t take all of them.

Thanks to -e- for sending me this link. This is freaky, amazing and wonderful, all at the same time.

The BBC news reports on an experiment at growing bone in the lab, which then spins out of the laboratory and into the hands of artists.

Couples are being given the opportunity to exchange jewellery made from samples of their bone grown in the laboratory.

Scientists obtain bone cells from wisdom teeth and then grow them on a “scaffold” material in the lab.

The efforts are part of a collaboration between scientists and artists aiming to learn how to craft complex shapes from bone tissue.

Examples are to go on display at an exhibition at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London.