"i finally stopped dreaming last night. Last night courtesy of Stanford Vegan Action, i enjoyed a free screening of The Witness. While squirming though this movie, i was constantly trying to justify my over the top dairy consumption and still calling myself veg*n. Perhaps i liked the cutsie label i don't know. But by the time of the question and answer session after the film with John Robbins, producer James LaVeck and director Jenny Stein, the point was brought home when someone asked near the end why doesn't the film address leather and fur, just fur only. The answer by Mr. Robbins: There are just a multitude of issues when it comes to active AR. i made the switch right there. i will kick the dairy products, as in all of them. However i will need time to get rid of my leather shoes. And perhaps i will never be considered by vegan purists to be 100% vegan, because my continued use of bee pollen for health reasons stand in the way. So i'm still only a veggie. Woe is me! But i can live with that for now."

First off i saw Gene Bauston, cofounder of Farm Sanctuary, speak. He was very good. He knew his stuff.

Next up Alka Chandna, mucho energy very charming.

Then came John McDougall. He was very well spoken very entertaining and just had so much energy. Finally a medical doctor i could trust! Yes he was all that.

Then Howard Lyman - the most famous vegetarian in Montana! He was very knowledgeable, very entertaining and like McDougall before him - so much energy! i liked his presentation because he doesn't like to mince words, he tells it like it is. He went into detail about the Mad Cow/Oprah affair. He reminded us that "Free Speech isn't Free." How true.

Maybe you had to be there to understand what i mean. The vibes were just killer. i left early because i didn't think that i could stomach another screening of The Witness.

All in all a very good day. The sun was even shining as i left.