(via BoingBoing) I don't think this quite qualifies as a blog, but Jimmy Carter will be sending regular reports to be posted at the Carter Center as he travels through West Africa as part of a program aimed at eradicating Guinea worm and in order to launch the Development and Cooperation Initiative in Mali. In any case, I am always glad to hear from the best ex-President the US has ever had, and that down there is just about my favourite combination of categories.

Update: There were complaints ("Bastard, I nearly hurled!"), so I moved the pictures of Guinea worm infection below the fold.

(Horrorshow images of dracunculiasis -- Guinea worm infection -- from Malady of the Month. Ew.)