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Former Denver Broncos quarterback and current New York Mets minor leaguer Tim Tebow was in the news again this week. It's not for something he either did or (as often happens with Tebow) is trying to do, but rather for something that myth-debunking website Snopes.com say he didn't do. Tim Tebow did not, Snopes attests, formerly take a knee during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" to protest abortion.

The IT Insights blog is taking the day off, in honor of the U.S. observance of Memorial Day. We will be back on Wednesday, May 30. Until then ...

Everyone remembers that one scene from that one movie with that one guy everyone loves (Tom Hanks?) where we learn that "There's no crying in baseball!" The scene is precipitated, of course, by the shedding of tears, after one of the lady baseball players in the movie gets chewed out by her fire-breathing manager (played by That One Guy referenced above) for letting the tying run get to second base.

OK, show of hands: Who out there reading this post remembers those old Choose Your Own Adventure novels? There were 184 of them published between 1979 and 1998. The first in the series is The Cave of Time, written by Edward Packard, who pioneered the concept. There was a spinoff series for younger readers, and themed series for both Walt Disney and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.

Buffet-style dining doesn't always hit the spot. Sometimes you want just one thing and you know what it is. When you're in the mood for steak and potatoes, then it's not particularly helpful, and doesn't really enhance your experience in any way, to also have a nice cheesy lasagna, or a sumptuous green bean casserole available. You're only going to eat the steak and potatoes, so why pay for anything else?