When I did yesterday’s blog, I somehow told Movable Type, the program Beliefnet bloggers use to get our thoughts from our heads to your screen, to eliminate my ability to put in images (or links to other sites or italics or boldface type or anything interesting). I am now at the mercy of technology, forced to give you a bare-bones blog. And in the spirit of making do with what we’ve got, I’m just going to consider that a blessing of simplicity.

If I could put in a picture, it would be a bright, coloful Peter Max image to illustrate that last night I went to a wonderful party at the Peter Max Studio to benefit one of my favorite organizations, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (since I can’t do a link, I’ll give you a url: www.pcrm.org). For twenty-five years, PCRM, an organization comprised of medical doctors, other scientists and health professionals, and supportive lay people, has espoused the dual cause of health through a plant-based diet, and medical education using advanced, modern techniques to replace painful experiments on dogs, cats, chimps, pigs, rats, and other animals. Founder Neal Barnard, MD, went out on a limb to champion ideas that were radical in the 1980s. Today, you can get soy milk in the A&P, and scores of medical schools have moved from animal labs to humane alternatives.

Some people say that nothing ever changes. But I’ve seen positive revolutions—civil rights, women’s rights, gay rights, animal rights—in my lifetime. Sure, we have a long way to go. But look how far we’ve come.

And, okay, if I could put in images I’d have included a couple of last night’s “star sightings.” With circumstances being as they are, however, I’ll simply channel my inner papparazzo and tell you that among the people there to celebrate PCRM (and sample yummy vegan delights and organic wines) were Morgan Spurlock (SuperSize Me…yes, I have no italics….), Moby, Wyntergrace Williams (she’s Montel’s daughter and working with PCRM to get healthier school lunches into the public schools), and the most delightful young woman, Dreama Walker (Hazel from Gossip Girl). I’m sure there are celebrities out there who still eat meat. They’re just getting harder and harder to come by.

And you know what I think? Whenever we come out to support making the world a kinder, more loving place, we’re all celebrities. We’re celebrating life. That’s what we’re here for.