My friend's dog, "Vinnie" is sort of cute. Cute is, I believe, the highest compliment he could aspire to. He'll never be "beautiful", "regal", "dignified". Cute is about it for Vin Tin Tin (as I've taken to calling him).

I was looking at Vinnie the other day and wondering just what it was that was wrong with his looks. Each of his elements are actually pretty darn stiking. He's got those great, deep brown, clear, inquisitive eyes, dotted above by those mahogany "eyebrows" -- sort of marked like a rotty or a dobe. His legs are long and well-muscled. His coat is beautiful. He has the baseball bat of a tail like a lab.

But the way it's all put together is just........all wrong.

Afternoon Delight is cute.