Page 3 - Hawaii Island MidWeek - June 7, 2023

JUNE 7, 2023
HAWAI‘I ISLAND MIDWEEK 3
Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column, and 3x3 block. Use logic and process of elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty level ranges from Bronze (easiest) to Silver to Gold (hardest). Answers are on page 7
RATING: SILVER
A ccording to a recent survey, 27.3% of Americans suffer from anxiety. The only expla- nation for that number is that the other 72.7% don’t have
PATERNITY WARD D. L. Stewart
Too Many Bedtime Worries
internet access.
Because, if nothing else, the
For most of my life, getting ready for bed was a routine re- quiring little thought. Wash my face, brush my teeth, take off my clothes and hit the pillow.
If I survive brushing and washing, I still have to worry about the dangers of undress- ing, the internet warns. Shirt, pants and shoes can come off, but what about socks?
On the other hand, with all 10 million of them — plus the rosacea, acne, yeast, mold, E. coli, dermatophytoses and pseudomonas aeruginosa — I’d be lucky if there was room for me in the bed anyway.
internet keeps us from becom- ing complacent.
But that was before I saw an internet article on Well+Good that said I should never wash my face first, because tooth- paste could accumulate on the skin around my mouth, aggra- vating rosacea and acne.
According to HuffPost, socks worn all day can cause dermatophytoses because they’ re lousy with bacteria called pseudomonas aerugi- nosa, which is also commonly found on cockroaches.
One piece of good news I found on the internet was a study mentioned by the BBC reporting that wearing socks to bed increased participants’ ability to achieve an orgasm by 30%.
Mass media always has been a reliable purveyor of worri- some news, of course; before the internet, the major reasons for concern were delivered by commercials on the three tele- vision networks. They urged us to worry about dandruff, halitosis, underarm odor and whether Mr. Whipple was squeezing our toilet paper.
After I wash my face, I have to worry about the tow- el I use to dry it. According to Real Simple, if it hasn’t been
And before I hit the pillow, I worry about how long it’s been since it was washed. Accord- ing to a study on Lifestyle A2Z, one month without washing a
So tonight I guess I’ll just brush my teeth, wash my face, put on clean socks and hope for the best.
Today, we can summon up previously unimaginable con- cerns with a few finger taps, so now I can’t even get ready for bed without worrying.
washed in the past two days, it probably is packed with yeast, mold and E. coli.
pillow could generate upward of 10 million bacterial units per square inch.
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