I was leaving work pretty late tonight, the gates were closed and the guard had to open them for me.

I thought for a second that a black cat was passing between my car and the gate and was wondering why it wasn't moving 'right' -- for a cat at least. Then I realized that the snout/face was wrong, the gait was lumbering, and there was a white stripe running from the snout to the tip of the tail!


A skunk!!! In downtown (well, almost) San Jose!

I asked the guard if that had been a skunk as soon as I got my jaw working again -- he hadn't seen a thing, drat the luck.

But I thought it was cool. Startling, but cool.

So now I know what will perk my attention quickly: skunks!