PARASITES
Museum of Jurassic Technology, upper balcony of beastiary exhibit (photo by Ryan Schude) While watching a documentary on Werner Herzog, I see him walk into the Museum of Jurassic Technology. I stumbled on to it in the late 80s and am amused to now discover Werner considers it a treasure. Long before Culver City was converted to a traffic vortex, I made countless visits to Jean and John's place - practically next door neighbors. It was there in a dimly lit corner that I was first introduced to Zombie ants. I had passed by the display several times without giving it more than a quick glance. The display consisted of a glass window through which one could peer into a waste-basket-sized interior that appeared empty, save for a loose collection of yard trimmings. Eventually, curiosity led me back to check out the brief type-written paragraph posted at the base of the viewing window. As soon as I read something about a carpenter ant I tried to see if ...