RE: Is there any shame.........
Cheating who Matt? If you're okay with it, that's all that matters. Maybe after you use that spot where the toothpick is located for long enough, you can remove it and visualize the same spot "down and out from the riser cutout. If you think you are going to use a sight of some kind to hunt with, my advice would be to put a simple one pin sight on your bow and don't risk losing or wounding an animal due toa toothpick that moved on you.