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  • Sunk Cost Fallacy

    Two engineers arguing over a mechanical device and design papers in a cluttered office
    Two engineers intensely discussing mechanical project problems in a cluttered workspace

    Consider what I am about to say, please listen objectively. 

    Let us discourse on the phenomenon known as Sunk Cost Fallacy. 

    Some argue it is the definition of insanity, “can you imagine mature adults, 

    Doing the same thing over and over, yet expecting different results.”

    This occurrence is categorized as a systematic error in thinking, a cognitive bias, some might say. 

    It ignores future utility in favor of justifying the expenditures we made yesterday.

    It is frequently classified as irrational behavior, the actions of one gone mad.

    My father’s generation aptly phrased it,”throwing good money after bad.”

     

     

     

  • King of Cool

    Man smiling at a framed portrait of Steve McQueen in a store window.

    There was a young man from Racine.

    An avid fan of Steve McQueen. 

    Movies Bullitt and Nevada Smith;

    He was thoroughly enthralled with.

    ‘King of Cool’ was the scene. 

     

     

     

  • Shocking Development

    There was a young man from Fargo,

    Wondering, “How far can an EV car go?”

    Leaving home in the morning, 

    Under a thunderstorm warning, 

    A lightening strike launched him into Ohio!! 

     

  • Ice Cream, You Scream

    There was a young ghoul from Dunkirk,

    His lactose craving drove him berserk.

    He heard it in a dream, 

    “Go visit the ‘Scary Queen’.”

    Ate a Sundae on his way to work.

  • After You Please

    There was a young man from College Station. 

    He was observing a Lemming migration. 

    The entire herd met its demise. 

    But it comes as no surprise.

    The critters don’t use an app for navigation.

  • Transformation by Necessity

    Transformation by Necessity

    Today as I entered these portals,

    Gone was the rhythm of life.

    I slowly walked in silence;

    Unsettled by a personal strife.

    The quietness, though easy on the ear,

    Evokes contention in my heart.

    The silence speaks of a void,

    Exposing the missing part.

    What is missing is the spirit of humanity;

    The vitality, the emotions, the care.

    What the soul creates within itself,

    Is does with the need to share.

    Gone are my colleagues, away are my friends,

    Absent are those I assist.

    To whom shall I give, from whom shall I receive?

    Without others, how can I exist?

    Change is taking place all around.

    Its impact is quite easy to see.

    However, the most far-ranging and difficult change,

    Is the one to occur in me.

    My soul longs for what was familiar.

    I writhe against this reality so strange.

    I want to fight the battle and declare,

    “I’m the victor, there’ll be no change!”

    As those final words echoed through my mind,

    I realized the folly of my quest.

    With a change of heart I uttered this prayer,

    “Lord please do for all what is best.”

    Note: Inspired by the lockdown/quarantine in 2020.

  • Remember Quarantine ? 😷

    Remember Quarantine ? 😷

    There was a good man from Kent.

    He fell two months behind on his rent.

    “My commitments, I wish not to shirk.

    But I have to stay home and can’t work.

    My money and my patience are spent.”

  • By Design

    By Design

    An arachnid from the town of Kline,

    Purportedly was into web design. 

    Decided to go world wide,

    With Gen AI at his side.

    He now sets his traps online.

  • lf I only had pants

    Said the Mother Aardvark to her adoles-ant son.

    “Why so fidgety? Got ants in your pants?”

    “How I wish” replied the lad.