I had been thinking about hair for a while, so I found the show mildly diverting.

Not unusual, mildly diverting, but awfully silly and all because the traditional topper couldn't be found.

The sensation had been mildly diverting, but after reflection she'd elected to be engaged the next time he came, and then the next.

Otherwise he behaved as if Joe had chosen a mildly diverting route.

But with its surefire dog tricks and breezy pacing, "K-9" is at least mildly diverting.

Traditionally, some of the worst data journalism involved spending weeks on a single dataset, noodling around and eventually producing something mildly diverting.

Plunk the concept in the middle of standard sitcom school-and-boyfriend complications and the results can be mildly diverting.

So with that in mind, here's 10 ways to make the rest of the World Cup more interesting, or at the very least, mildly diverting.

The workout is simple to follow, and the factoids flashed on the screen are mildly diverting until they become irritating.

"About one-half of the dialogue last night proved mildly diverting."