It's 11 Messidor, year 231 (in Eastern Time, anyway).

There's lots of smoke in Ohio recently.

It's really bothering some of my friends. I haven't suffered health issues, at least not yet, so I guess I am lucky.

Some coworkers questioned me for driving in with my top down. My car doesn't have a cabin air filter, so it's all the same as far as I'm concerned. This baffled them; I think sometimes people forget that cars older than 10 years old exist.

They're saying the smoke should subside soon.