diff --git a/core/main.py b/core/main.py
index cd3a00f..70026eb 100644
--- a/core/main.py
+++ b/core/main.py
@@ -1,43 +1,44 @@
 import thread
 import traceback
 
-class Input(object):
+class Input(dict):
+    def __init__(self, conn, raw, prefix, command, params,
+                    nick, user, host, paraml, msg):
+    
+        chan = paraml[0].lower()
+        if chan == conn.nick: # is a PM
+            chan = nick
 
-    def __init__(self, conn, raw, prefix, command,
-            params, nick, user, host, paraml, msg):
-        self.conn = conn            # irc object
-        self.server = conn.server   # hostname of server
-        self.raw = raw              # unprocessed line of text
-        self.prefix = prefix        # usually hostmask
-        self.command = command      # PRIVMSG, JOIN, etc.
-        self.params = params        
-        self.nick = nick
-        self.user = user            # user@host
-        self.host = host
-        self.paraml = paraml        # params[-1] without the :
-        self.msg = msg
-        self.chan = paraml[0].lower()
-        if self.chan == conn.nick:  # is a PM
-            self.chan = nick
+        def say(msg):
+            conn.msg(chan, msg)
 
-    def say(self, msg):
-        self.conn.msg(self.chan, msg)
+        def reply(msg):
+            conn.msg(chan, nick + ': ' + msg)
 
-    def reply(self, msg):
-        self.say(self.nick + ': ' + msg)
+        def pm(msg):
+            conn.msg(nick, msg)
 
-    def pm(self, msg):
-        self.conn.msg(self.nick, msg)
+        dict.__init__(self, conn=conn, raw=raw, prefix=prefix, command=command,
+                    params=params, nick=nick, user=user, host=host,
+                    paraml=paraml, msg=msg, server=conn.server, chan=chan, 
+                    say=say, reply=reply, pm=pm, bot=bot)
+        self.__dict__ = self # permits attribute access to values
 
 
 def run(func, input):
-    ac = func.func_code.co_argcount
-    if ac == 2:
-        out = func(bot, input)
-    elif ac == 1:
-        out = func(input.inp)
+    args = func._skybot_args
+    if args:
+        if 'db' in args:
+            input['db'] = get_db_connection(input['server'])
+        if 0 in args:
+            out = func(input['inp'], **input)
+        else:
+            kw = dict((key, input[key]) for key in args if key in input)
+            out = func(input['inp'], **kw)
+    else:
+        out = func(input['inp'])
     if out is not None:
-        input.reply(unicode(out))
+        input['reply'](unicode(out))
 
 
 def main(conn, out):
diff --git a/plugins/goonsay.py b/plugins/goonsay.py
index 7cd3623..42c8eb9 100644
--- a/plugins/goonsay.py
+++ b/plugins/goonsay.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from util import hook
 
 #Scaevolus: factormystic if you commit a re-enabled goonsay I'm going to revoke your commit access
 #@hook.command
-def goonsay(bot, input):
-    input.say(' __________    /')
-    input.say('(--[. ]-[ .]  /')
-    input.say('(_______o__)')
+def goonsay(inp, say=None):
+    say(' __________    /')
+    say('(--[. ]-[ .]  /')
+    say('(_______o__)')
diff --git a/plugins/help.py b/plugins/help.py
index af55d2d..c616a9e 100644
--- a/plugins/help.py
+++ b/plugins/help.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from util import hook
 
 @hook.command
-def help(bot, input):
+def help(inp, bot=None, pm=None):
     ".help [command] -- gives a list of commands/help for a command"
     
     funcs = {}
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ def help(bot, input):
             if func.__doc__ is not None:
                 funcs[csig[1]] = func
 
-    if not input.inp:
-        input.pm('available commands: ' + ' '.join(sorted(funcs)))
+    if not inp:
+        pm('available commands: ' + ' '.join(sorted(funcs)))
     else:
-        if input.inp in funcs:
-            input.pm(funcs[input.inp].__doc__)
+        if inp in funcs:
+            pm(funcs[inp].__doc__)
diff --git a/plugins/misc.py b/plugins/misc.py
index 181db84..8a94cb1 100644
--- a/plugins/misc.py
+++ b/plugins/misc.py
@@ -6,25 +6,25 @@ socket.setdefaulttimeout(5) # global setting
 
 #autorejoin channels
 @hook.event('KICK')
-def rejoin(bot, input):
-    if input.paraml[1] == input.conn.nick:
-        if input.paraml[0] in input.conn.channels:
-            input.conn.join(input.paraml[0])
+def rejoin(inp, paraml=[], conn=None):
+    if paraml[1] == conn.nick:
+        if paraml[0].lower() in conn.channels:
+            conn.join(paraml[0])
 
 #join channels when invited
 @hook.event('INVITE')
-def invite(bot, input):
-    if input.command == 'INVITE':
-        input.conn.join(input.inp)
+def invite(inp, command='', conn=None):
+    if command == 'INVITE':
+        conn.join(inp)
 
 #join channels when server says hello & identify bot
 @hook.event('004')
-def onjoin(bot, input):
-    for channel in input.conn.channels:
-        input.conn.join(channel)
+def onjoin(inp, conn=None):
+    for channel in conn.channels:
+        conn.join(channel)
 
-    nickserv_password = input.conn.conf.get('nickserv_password', '')
-    nickserv_name = input.conn.conf.get('nickserv_name', 'nickserv')
-    nickserv_command = input.conn.conf.get('nickserv_command', 'IDENTIFY %s')
+    nickserv_password = conn.conf.get('nickserv_password', '')
+    nickserv_name = conn.conf.get('nickserv_name', 'nickserv')
+    nickserv_command = conn.conf.get('nickserv_command', 'IDENTIFY %s')
     if nickserv_password:
-        input.conn.msg(nickserv_name, nickserv_command % nickserv_password)
+        conn.msg(nickserv_name, nickserv_command % nickserv_password)
diff --git a/plugins/mtg.py b/plugins/mtg.py
index 0d34180..2ea9d63 100644
--- a/plugins/mtg.py
+++ b/plugins/mtg.py
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ set_abbrevs = {
     'Zendikar': 'ZEN'}
 
 rarity_abbrevs = {
+    'Land': 'L',
     'Common': 'C',
     'Uncommon': 'UC',
     'Rare': 'R',
diff --git a/plugins/quote.py b/plugins/quote.py
index 1481a2a..3a1b0a8 100644
--- a/plugins/quote.py
+++ b/plugins/quote.py
@@ -5,20 +5,20 @@ import time
 from util import hook
 
 
-def add_quote(conn, chan, nick, add_nick, msg):
+def add_quote(db, chan, nick, add_nick, msg):
     now = time.time()
-    conn.execute('''insert or fail into quote (chan, nick, add_nick,
+    db.execute('''insert or fail into quote (chan, nick, add_nick,
                     msg, time) values(?,?,?,?,?)''', 
                     (chan, nick, add_nick, msg, now))
-    conn.commit()
+    db.commit()
 
-def get_quotes_by_nick(conn, chan, nick):
-    return conn.execute("select time, nick, msg from quote where deleted!=1 "
+def get_quotes_by_nick(db, chan, nick):
+    return db.execute("select time, nick, msg from quote where deleted!=1 "
             "and chan=? and lower(nick)=lower(?) order by time",
             (chan, nick)).fetchall()
 
-def get_quotes_by_chan(conn, chan):
-    return conn.execute("select time, nick, msg from quote where deleted!=1 "
+def get_quotes_by_chan(db, chan):
+    return db.execute("select time, nick, msg from quote where deleted!=1 "
            "and chan=? order by time", (chan,)).fetchall()
 
 
@@ -29,26 +29,24 @@ def format_quote(q, num, n_quotes):
 
 @hook.command('q')
 @hook.command
-def quote(bot, input):
+def quote(inp, nick='', chan='', db=None):
     ".q/.quote <nick/#chan> [#n]/.quote add <nick> <msg> -- gets " \
         "random or [#n]th quote by <nick> or from <#chan>/adds quote"
 
-    conn = bot.get_db_connection(input.server)
-    conn.execute("create table if not exists quote"
+    db.execute("create table if not exists quote"
         "(chan, nick, add_nick, msg, time real, deleted default 0, "
         "primary key (chan, nick, msg))")
-    conn.commit()
+    db.commit()
 
     try:
-        add = re.match(r"add\s+<?[^\w]?(\S+?)>?\s+(.*)", input.inp, re.I)
-        retrieve = re.match(r"(\S+)(?:\s+#?(-?\d+))?", input.inp)
-        chan = input.chan
+        add = re.match(r"add\s+<?[^\w]?(\S+?)>?\s+(.*)", inp, re.I)
+        retrieve = re.match(r"(\S+)(?:\s+#?(-?\d+))?", inp)
 
         if add:
-            nick, msg = add.groups()
+            quoted_nick, msg = add.groups()
             try:
-                add_quote(conn, chan, nick, input.nick, msg)
-            except conn.IntegrityError: 
+                add_quote(db, chan, quoted_nick, nick, msg)
+            except db.IntegrityError: 
                 return "message already stored, doing nothing."
             return "quote added."
         elif retrieve:
@@ -57,9 +55,9 @@ def quote(bot, input):
             by_chan = False
             if select.startswith('#'):
                 by_chan = True
-                quotes = get_quotes_by_chan(conn, select)
+                quotes = get_quotes_by_chan(db, select)
             else:
-                quotes = get_quotes_by_nick(conn, chan, select)
+                quotes = get_quotes_by_nick(db, chan, select)
 
             n_quotes = len(quotes)
 
@@ -83,5 +81,5 @@ def quote(bot, input):
         else:
             return quote.__doc__
     finally:
-        conn.commit()
-        conn.close()
+        db.commit()
+        db.close()
diff --git a/plugins/regular.py b/plugins/regular.py
index f8d1d15..47d9ffa 100644
--- a/plugins/regular.py
+++ b/plugins/regular.py
@@ -5,34 +5,20 @@ skybot plugin for testing regular expressions
 by Ipsum
 '''
 
-import thread
-import codecs
 import re
 
 from util import hook
 
 
-
 @hook.command('re')
-def reg(bot, input):
-	".re <regex>  <string> -- matches regular expression in given <string> (seperate regex and string by 2 spaces)"
+def reg(inp):
+    ".re <regex>  <string> -- matches regular expression in given <string> "\
+            "(leave 2 spaces between)"
 
-	m = ""
-	
-	if len(input.msg) < 3:
-		return reg.__doc__
-		
-	query = input.inp.partition("  ")
-	
-	
-	if query[2] != "":
-		r = re.compile(query[0])
+    query = inp.split("  ", 1)
+
+    if not inp or len(query) != 2:
+        return reg.__doc__
+
+    return '|'.join(re.findall(query[0], query[1]))
 
-		matches = r.findall(query[2])
-		for match in matches:
-			m += match + "|"
-		
-		return m.rstrip('|')
-		
-	else:
-		return reg.__doc__
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/seen.py b/plugins/seen.py
index 7e4d463..a917dc5 100644
--- a/plugins/seen.py
+++ b/plugins/seen.py
@@ -10,47 +10,41 @@ def seeninput(bot, input):
     if input.command != 'PRIVMSG':
         return
 
-    conn = db_connect(bot, input.server)
-    cursor = conn.cursor()
-    cursor.execute("insert or replace into seen(name, time, quote, chan)"
-        "values(?,?,?,?)", (input.nick.lower(), time.time(),
-        input.msg, input.chan))
-    conn.commit()
+    db = bot.get_db_connection(input.server)
+    db_init(db)
+    db.execute("insert or replace into seen(name, time, quote, chan)"
+        "values(?,?,?,?)", (input.nick.lower(), time.time(), input.msg, 
+            input.chan))
+    db.commit()
 
 
 @hook.command
-def seen(bot, input):
+def seen(inp, nick='', chan='', db=None):
     ".seen <nick> -- Tell when a nickname was last in active in irc"
 
-    if not input.inp:
+    if not inp:
         return seen.__doc__
 
-    query = input.inp
-
-    if query.lower() == input.nick.lower():
+    if inp.lower() == nick.lower():
         return "Have you looked in a mirror lately?"
 
-    conn = db_connect(bot, input.server)
-    cursor = conn.cursor()
+    db_init(db)
 
-    command = "select time, quote FROM seen WHERE name LIKE ? AND chan = ?"
-    cursor.execute(command, (query, input.chan))
-    results = cursor.fetchone()
+    last_seen = db.execute("select name, time, quote from seen where name"
+                           " like ? and chan = ?", (inp, chan)).fetchone()
 
-    if results:
-        reltime = timesince.timesince(results[0])
+    if last_seen:
+        reltime = timesince.timesince(last_seen[1])
+        if last_seen[0] != inp.lower(): # for glob matching
+            inp = last_seen[0]
         return '%s was last seen %s ago saying: %s' % \
-                    (query, reltime, results[1])
+                    (inp, reltime, last_seen[2])
     else:
-        return "I've never seen %s" % query
+        return "I've never seen %s" % inp
 
 
-def db_connect(bot, server):
+def db_init(db):
     "check to see that our db has the the seen table and return a connection."
-    conn = bot.get_db_connection(server)
-    
-    conn.execute("create table if not exists seen(name, time, quote, chan, "
+    db.execute("create table if not exists seen(name, time, quote, chan, "
                  "primary key(name, chan))")
-    conn.commit()
-
-    return conn
+    db.commit()
diff --git a/plugins/suggest.py b/plugins/suggest.py
index c92c821..5be7a26 100644
--- a/plugins/suggest.py
+++ b/plugins/suggest.py
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ import json
 from util import hook
 
 @hook.command
-def suggest(bot, input):
+def suggest(inp, inp_unstripped=''):
     ".suggest [#n] <phrase> -- gets a random/the nth suggested google search"
-    if not input.inp:
+    if not inp:
         return suggest.__doc__
  
-    inp = input.inp_unstripped
+    inp = inp_unstripped
     m = re.match('^#(\d+) (.+)$', inp)
     if m:
         num, inp = m.groups()
diff --git a/plugins/tell.py b/plugins/tell.py
index ba93f4d..8353173 100644
--- a/plugins/tell.py
+++ b/plugins/tell.py
@@ -5,20 +5,24 @@ import time
 
 from util import hook, timesince
 
-def get_tells(conn, user_to, chan):
-    return conn.execute("select user_from, message, time from tell where"
+def get_tells(db, user_to, chan):
+    return db.execute("select user_from, message, time from tell where"
                          " user_to=lower(?) and chan=? order by time", 
                          (user_to.lower(), chan)).fetchall()
 
 
-@hook.command(hook=r'(.*)', prefix=False)
+@hook.tee
 def tellinput(bot, input):
-    if 'showtells' in input.inp.lower():
+    if input.command != 'PRIVMSG':
+        return
+
+    if 'showtells' in input.msg.lower():
         return
     
-    conn = db_connect(bot, input.server)
+    db = bot.get_db_connection(input.server)
+    db = db_init(db)
 
-    tells = get_tells(conn, input.nick, input.chan)
+    tells = get_tells(db, input.nick, input.chan)
 
     if tells:
         user_from, message, time = tells[0]
@@ -28,72 +32,70 @@ def tellinput(bot, input):
         if len(tells) > 1:
             reply += " (+%d more, .showtells to view)" % (len(tells) - 1)
 
-        conn.execute("delete from tell where user_to=lower(?) and message=?",
+        db.execute("delete from tell where user_to=lower(?) and message=?",
                      (input.nick, message))
-        conn.commit()
-        return reply
+        db.commit()
+        input.reply(reply)
 
 @hook.command
-def showtells(bot, input):
+def showtells(inp, nick='', chan='', pm=None, db=None):
     ".showtells -- view all pending tell messages (sent in PM)."
     
-    conn = db_connect(bot, input.server)
+    db_init(db)
 
-    tells = get_tells(conn, input.nick, input.chan)
+    tells = get_tells(db, nick, chan)
     
     if not tells:
-        input.pm("You have no pending tells.")
+        pm("You have no pending tells.")
         return
 
     for tell in tells:
         user_from, message, time = tell
         reltime = timesince.timesince(time)
-        input.pm("%s said %s ago: %s" % (user_from, reltime, message))
+        pm("%s said %s ago: %s" % (user_from, reltime, message))
     
-    conn.execute("delete from tell where user_to=lower(?) and chan=?",
-                  (input.nick, input.chan))
-    conn.commit()
+    db.execute("delete from tell where user_to=lower(?) and chan=?",
+                  (nick, chan))
+    db.commit()
 
 @hook.command
-def tell(bot, input):
+def tell(inp, nick='', chan='', db=None):
     ".tell <nick> <message> -- relay <message> to <nick> when <nick> is around"
 
-    query = input.inp.split(' ', 1)
+    query = inp.split(' ', 1)
 
-    if len(query) != 2 or not input.inp:
+    if not inp or len(query) != 2:
         return tell.__doc__
 
     user_to = query[0].lower()
     message = query[1].strip()
-    user_from = input.nick
+    user_from = nick
     
     if user_to == user_from.lower():
         return "No."
 
-    conn = db_connect(bot, input.server)
+    db_init(db)
 
-    if conn.execute("select count() from tell where user_to=?",
+    if db.execute("select count() from tell where user_to=?",
                     (user_to,)).fetchone()[0] >= 5:
         return "That person has too many things queued."
 
     try:
-        conn.execute("insert into tell(user_to, user_from, message, chan,"
+        db.execute("insert into tell(user_to, user_from, message, chan,"
                      "time) values(?,?,?,?,?)", (user_to, user_from, message,
-                     input.chan, time.time()))
-        conn.commit()
-    except conn.IntegrityError:
+                     chan, time.time()))
+        db.commit()
+    except db.IntegrityError:
         return "Message has already been queued."
 
     return "I'll pass that along."
 
 
-def db_connect(bot, server):
-    "check to see that our db has the tell table and return a connection."
-    conn = bot.get_db_connection(server)
-
-    conn.execute("create table if not exists tell"
+def db_init(db):
+    "check to see that our db has the tell table and return a dbection."
+    db.execute("create table if not exists tell"
                 "(user_to, user_from, message, chan, time,"
                 "primary key(user_to, message))")
-    conn.commit()
+    db.commit()
     
-    return conn
+    return db
diff --git a/plugins/urlhistory.py b/plugins/urlhistory.py
index c16f27a..37cd21b 100644
--- a/plugins/urlhistory.py
+++ b/plugins/urlhistory.py
@@ -11,23 +11,23 @@ expiration_period_text = "24 hours"
 ignored_urls = [urlnorm.normalize("http://google.com")]
 
 def db_connect(bot, server):
-    "check to see that our db has the the seen table and return a connection."
-    conn = bot.get_db_connection(server)
-    conn.execute("create table if not exists urlhistory"
+    "check to see that our db has the the seen table and return a dbection."
+    db = bot.get_db_connection(server)
+    db.execute("create table if not exists urlhistory"
                  "(chan, url, nick, time)")
-    conn.commit()
-    return conn
+    db.commit()
+    return db
 
-def insert_history(conn, chan, url, nick):
+def insert_history(db, chan, url, nick):
     now = time.time()
-    conn.execute("insert into urlhistory(chan, url, nick, time) "
+    db.execute("insert into urlhistory(chan, url, nick, time) "
                  "values(?,?,?,?)", (chan, url, nick, time.time()))
-    conn.commit()
+    db.commit()
 
-def get_history(conn, chan, url):
-    conn.execute("delete from urlhistory where time < ?", 
+def get_history(db, chan, url):
+    db.execute("delete from urlhistory where time < ?", 
                  (time.time() - expiration_period,))
-    nicks = conn.execute("select nick from urlhistory where "
+    nicks = db.execute("select nick from urlhistory where "
             "chan=? and url=?", (chan, url)).fetchall()
     return [x[0] for x in nicks]
     
@@ -42,22 +42,22 @@ def ordinal(count):
     return ["once", "twice", "%d times" % count][min(count, 3) - 1]
        
 @hook.command(hook=r'(.*)', prefix=False)
-def urlinput(bot, input):
-    m = url_re.search(input.msg.encode('utf8'))
+def urlinput(inp, nick='', chan='', server='', reply=None, bot=None):
+    m = url_re.search(inp.encode('utf8'))
     if not m:
         return
 
     # URL detected
-    conn = db_connect(bot, input.server)
+    db = db_connect(bot, server)
     try:
         url = urlnorm.normalize(m.group(0))
         if url not in ignored_urls:
-            dupes = get_history(conn, input.chan, url)
-            insert_history(conn, input.chan, url, input.nick)
-            if dupes and input.nick not in dupes:
-                input.reply("That link has been posted " + ordinal(len(dupes))
+            dupes = get_history(db, chan, url)
+            insert_history(db, chan, url, nick)
+            if dupes and nick not in dupes:
+                reply("That link has been posted " + ordinal(len(dupes))
                     + " in the past " + expiration_period_text + " by " +
                     get_nicklist(dupes))
     finally:
-        conn.commit()
-        conn.close()
+        db.commit()
+        db.close()
diff --git a/plugins/util/hook.py b/plugins/util/hook.py
index f6e257a..22963f4 100644
--- a/plugins/util/hook.py
+++ b/plugins/util/hook.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import Queue
+import inspect
 import thread
 import traceback
+import Queue
 
 def _isfunc(x):
     if type(x) == type(_isfunc):
@@ -8,11 +9,33 @@ def _isfunc(x):
     return False
 
 
-def _hook_add(func, add):
+def _hook_add(func, add, name=''):
     if not hasattr(func, '_skybot_hook'):
         func._skybot_hook = []
     func._skybot_hook.append(add)
+    if not hasattr(func, '_skybot_args'):
+        argspec = inspect.getargspec(func)
+        if name:
+            n_args = len(argspec.args)
+            if argspec.defaults:
+                n_args -= len(argspec.defaults)
+            if argspec.keywords:
+                n_args -= 1
+            if argspec.varargs:
+                n_args -= 1
+            if n_args != 1:
+                err = '%ss must take 1 non-keyword argument (%s)' % (name, 
+                            func.__name__)
+                raise ValueError(err)
 
+        args = []
+        if argspec.defaults:
+            end = bool(argspec.keywords) + bool(argspec.varargs)
+            args.extend(argspec.args[-len(argspec.defaults):
+                        end if end else None])
+        if argspec.keywords:
+            args.append(0) # means kwargs present
+        func._skybot_args = args
 
 def _make_sig(f):
     return f.func_code.co_filename, f.func_name, f.func_code.co_firstlineno
@@ -30,12 +53,9 @@ def command(func=None, hook=None, **kwargs):
     args = {}
 
     def command_wrapper(func):
-        if func.func_code.co_argcount not in (1, 2):
-            raise ValueError(
-                'commands must take 1 or 2 arguments: (inp) or (bot, input)')
         args.setdefault('name', func.func_name)
         args.setdefault('hook', args['name'] + r'(?:\s+|$)(.*)')
-        _hook_add(func, ['command', (_make_sig(func), func, args)])
+        _hook_add(func, ['command', (_make_sig(func), func, args)], 'command')
         return func
 
     if hook is not None or kwargs or not _isfunc(func):
@@ -53,12 +73,10 @@ def event(arg=None, **kwargs):
     args = kwargs
 
     def event_wrapper(func):
-        if func.func_code.co_argcount != 2:
-            raise ValueError('events must take 2 arguments: (bot, input)')
         args['name'] = func.func_name
         args['prefix'] = False
         args.setdefault('events', '*')
-        _hook_add(func, ['event', (_make_sig(func), func, args)])
+        _hook_add(func, ['event', (_make_sig(func), func, args)], 'event')
         return func
 
     if _isfunc(arg):
@@ -74,7 +92,7 @@ def tee(func, **kwargs):
 
     if func.func_code.co_argcount != 2:
         raise ValueError('tees must take 2 arguments: (bot, input)')
-    
+
     _hook_add(func, ['tee', (_make_sig(func), func, kwargs)])
     func._iqueue = Queue.Queue()
 
diff --git a/plugins/weather.py b/plugins/weather.py
index d487319..6c9481e 100644
--- a/plugins/weather.py
+++ b/plugins/weather.py
@@ -7,20 +7,20 @@ from util import hook
 
 
 @hook.command
-def weather(bot, input):
+def weather(inp, nick='', server='', reply=None, db=None):
     ".weather <location> [dontsave] -- queries the google weather API for weather data"
-    loc = input.inp
+
+    loc = inp
 
     dontsave = loc.endswith(" dontsave")
     if dontsave:
         loc = loc[:-9].strip().lower()
 
-    conn = bot.get_db_connection(input.server)
-    conn.execute("create table if not exists weather(nick primary key, loc)")
+    db.execute("create table if not exists weather(nick primary key, loc)")
 
     if not loc: # blank line
-        loc = conn.execute("select loc from weather where nick=lower(?)",
-                            (input.nick,)).fetchone()
+        loc = db.execute("select loc from weather where nick=lower(?)",
+                            (nick,)).fetchone()
         if not loc:
             return weather.__doc__
         loc = loc[0]
@@ -31,17 +31,17 @@ def weather(bot, input):
 
     if w.find('problem_cause') is not None:
         return "Couldn't fetch weather data for '%s', try using a zip or " \
-                "postal code." % input.inp
+                "postal code." % inp
 
     info = dict((e.tag, e.get('data')) for e in w.find('current_conditions'))
     info['city'] = w.find('forecast_information/city').get('data')
     info['high'] = w.find('forecast_conditions/high').get('data')
     info['low'] = w.find('forecast_conditions/low').get('data')
 
-    input.reply('%(city)s: %(condition)s, %(temp_f)sF/%(temp_c)sC (H:%(high)sF'\
+    reply('%(city)s: %(condition)s, %(temp_f)sF/%(temp_c)sC (H:%(high)sF'\
             ', L:%(low)sF), %(humidity)s, %(wind_condition)s.' % info)
 
-    if input.inp and not dontsave:
-        conn.execute("insert or replace into weather(nick, loc) values (?,?)",
-                     (input.nick.lower(), loc))
-        conn.commit()
+    if inp and not dontsave:
+        db.execute("insert or replace into weather(nick, loc) values (?,?)",
+                     (nick.lower(), loc))
+        db.commit()