Once Upon A Time - "Witch Hunt"

Jane E. wrote the episode, it seems (when I think she's been writing Once:Wonderland.  I've caught up with Once: Wonderland via OnDemand recently.  It's not bad).

Have to give Grumpy one of the best lines of the night when he was trying to suss out whether the Wicked Witch they were dealing with was East or West. When asked why that matters, he points out that it lets them know whether to drop a house on her or throw a bucket of water.

Also LOLd at Emma still being weirded out by stuff.  "The Wicked Witch is real?"  Capt. Hook: "...Asks the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming."

Speaking of Hook.  Forboding hint or continuity error:Last week he said he scavenged the ingredients of the memory spell and only came up with enough for Emma.  This week, he says the memory spell was delivered TO him.  More, hm, he really couldn't have done the spell because not even Regina can re-create it.As I don't think Hook would ever willingly do anything to hurt Emma, there's more to the story.  But the question will be what sort of deals is he willing to make or is he being used.  And if it's the a latter, who is doing it?
And... why IS Neal missing?

Red Riding Hood is back - yay!

And aw, the fake explanations to Henry about how Snow is an ex (LOL) prison cell mate of Emma's. Yes, Henry, you don't remember that now, but your grandparents look the same age as your mother. (Hell so does your adopted mother/step-grandmother.)

And I remain interested in how they will try to deal with Robin Hood and Regina.Did like that she rushed to save Roland, who is still cute as a bug. Between Robin's attitude toward Rumple and Regina, Robin's a rather forgiving dude.

How GOT got made

Amusing vid:

Thing I Never Thought About...

Friday I had to take my pup in for her yearly vet check-up and before giving her vaccinations the vet tech looked at me and asked "Does she bite?"

Understandable question given that it was going to be a shot, a fecal sample, and a blood-draw AND the vet tech is a perfect stranger to both me and my dog, but it actually took me several seconds to process what she was asking. My expression must have been a 'Wha...?"   It just never crosses my mind with Zoe.  I've never even heard her growl (except in a pre-'barking at shadows' sense).   At any rate she was a docile, if miserable,  little angel during her shot and blood draw. No effort to even struggle or growl much less any of aggression.

Then, Saturday while walking her, I passed a neighbor (a very TIMID neighbor) who has a small 12 year old terrier.  Timid neighbor looked at me helplessly, pointing to poop on her terrier's behind, and asked "What am I going to do?"

Again with my non-plussed  "Wha...?" expression.  "Er... wash it off?"

I mean, I know it's not NICE washing poop off a dog's behind, but it happens from time to time.  At any rate, my entire thought process was "Yeah, it's gross, but what're you gonna do?"

But timid neighbor just went "I CAN'T!  He {terrier} won't let me!"

Again, "Wha...?"

A male neighbor told timid elderly female neighbor, oh he'd do it for her.  (I didn't even think to offer because I was still processing the fact that she was serious about not knowing what to do.  She's had this dog for over ten years.).  So male neighbor went inside, wet a paper towel and came back out to do so, and... yeah, small terrier was a small terror, growling, snapping, and having to be held by him while his wife (not timid owner of said terrier) wiped the dog's butt.

Meanwhile I had picked up my pup, holding her in my arms while this process was going on.  The husband and wife who were dealing with elderly timid neighbor's terrier have a small son who looked up at me as I picked up Zoe and held her.  He said somewhat wistfully that he wished he could do that with their Malti-poo, but that his dog wouldn't  allow that.

All of which made me wonder... is Zoe really that comparatively docile?

I NEVER worry that Zoe is ever going to snap or bite.  She's never exhibited any sign of aggression  (apart from barking at a stray cat or dogs  -- through window glass. It's amazing how brave a pane of glass can make her. ;) -- and even then she'll immediately back off if they so much as look at her).    Zoe readily allows you to brush her teeth, for goodness sakes!  And though she's no fan of brushing or baths, she simply sighs and wiggles a bit.  That's all.

I know part of it is probably just conforming to breed standards.  Her breed is listed as "lively with a soft temperment but mildly stubborn" and that pretty much describes Zoe to a T.  But Zoe is just so mild natured that I simply never think about expecting aggression from her in just about any instance.

I don't know how timid neighbor deals with having a dog she fears will snap at her while doing something as simple as wiping poop off of him.   (Especially because said neighbor IS so timid).   Neighbor actually won't groom or bush her terrier either, but always takes him to a groomer instead.  Wonder whether it's a case of his becoming aggressive because his owner is timid, or whether timid owner simply adopted a more aggressive dog than she should probably have (because after all, you're probably going to have to clean poop off your dog's butt at some point in its lifetime.)