I have to defend my actions with the beers at the convention center and the potential "warmish" nature of the beers.

While I agree that icing down the beers in Big Cedar's ice bins was risque, I did not know if those beers were cold enough as they'd been in my trunk overnight but then also for the entire morning and lunch our. At the time of my decision to put the beers on ice, I had not yet cracked one open.

Then, when Big Cedar denied us basic constitutional rights, Diane put the beers in the trunk of her car. The day was starting to warm up. Then the time arrived for the outdoor pond activities, so we had to take the beers to the pond. I did not have a cooler.


Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."