Trying to impress

Fictional characters such as a favorite of mine, Bullwinkle J. Moose, boasted loudly of his abilities to produce the ridiculous out of nothing, and ran through an idiosyncratic routine in an attempt to astonish his pal, Rocky. After "rustling up his sleeve," donning his top hat and white gloves, Bullwinkle found his results ironic, leaving Rocky disillusioned and unimpressed. Bullwinkle, like many of us, needed to loudly profess his self-proclaimed abilities in a self-convincing manner, all the while abdicating sheer "magic" to the playful hands of fate.
Abracadabra!

    

This or That

We make choices. It's either this or that. You almost never experience both sides of a decision. Pick the best one!