The latest diversion began with a letter to Congress from Mr. Trump's transition team alleging that Mr. Mueller had improperly obtained emails belonging to transition members.
The latest diversion is the proposed Nations Championship which, in theory, would incorporate the Six Nations into an annual global competition with a grand final between the top two northern and southern hemisphere sides at its apex.
The Leaning Tower of Cologne, as it is inevitably called by taxi drivers and hotel clerks, is the latest diversion in a city known for its playfulness -- or cynics would say, its penchant for chasing will-o'-the-wisps.
The latest diversion to appear on his iPhone screen one evening in March, as he unwound here at the offices of his Bad Robot production company, was a photograph sent by his producing partner, Bryan Burk, of two tip jars side by side on a coffee-shop counter: one labeled "Star Wars," and the other "Star Trek".
For Lloyd's latest diversion, he'll be backed by his regular rhythm section Friday at UCLA, and joined by Americana-dusted guitarist Bill Frisell.
The political lampoons of "Citizen Poet," the writer Dmitrii L. Bykov, are passed around the Internet like the latest diversions from "The Daily Show" or "The Colbert Report".
The big surprise of tonight's final part, though, was the storyline's late, screeching diversion from the destination of tragic revenge to which it seemed to be heading.
Whether on the floor of the Senate and Assembly chambers or in late-night discussions among lawmakers and lobbyists, the latest Albany diversion is the same: find the Presidential motive in every decision the Governor makes.
Ask her to explain this late-career diversion and she'll pitch you the movie rights.
