diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+network = "irc.synirc.net"
+nickname = "skybot"
+channel = "#mongbot"
+
+import sys, os, glob, imp, re
+import thread, Queue, copy
+import irc, yaml
+
+os.chdir(sys.path[0]) #do stuff relative to the installation directory
+
+
+class Empty(object): #this is used to store attributes
+    pass
+
+
+class Bot(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.plugins = {}
+        self.commands = {}
+        self.listens = {}
+        self.filters = {}
+        self.daemons = {}
+
+    def command(self, name, func, **filterargs):
+        self.commands[name] = (func, filterargs)
+
+    def listen(self, name, func):
+        self.listens[name] = func
+
+    def filter(self, name, func):
+        self.filters[name] = func
+
+    def daemon(self, name, func):
+        self.daemons[name] = func
+
+bot = Bot()
+
+print 'Loading plugins'
+for filename in glob.glob("plugins/*.py"):
+    shortname = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(filename))[0]
+    try:
+        bot.plugins[shortname] = imp.load_source(shortname,filename)
+    except Exception, e:
+        print e
+
+print bot.plugins
+
+print 'Registering plugins'
+for name, plugin in bot.plugins.iteritems():
+    if hasattr(plugin, 'setup'):
+        try:
+            plugin.setup(bot)
+        except Exception, e:
+            print e
+
+print 'Connecting to IRC'
+
+bot.irc = irc.irc(network, nickname)
+bot.irc.join(channel)
+bot.commandprefix = '^(?:\.|'+nickname+'[:,]*\s*)'
+
+if bot.daemons:
+    print 'Running daemons'
+    for daemon in bot.daemons.itervalues():
+        thread.start_new_thread(daemon, ())
+
+print 'Running main loop'
+
+class Input(object):
+    def __init__(self, raw, prefix, command, 
+            params, nick, user, host, paraml, msg):
+        self.raw = raw
+        self.prefix = prefix
+        self.command = command
+        self.params = params
+        self.nick = nick
+        self.user = user
+        self.host = host
+        self.paraml = paraml
+        self.msg = msg
+
+class FakeBot(object):
+    def __init__(self, bot, input):
+        self.bot = bot
+        self.input = input
+    
+    def say(self, msg):
+        self.bot.irc.msg(input.paraml[0], msg)
+
+    def reply(self, msg):
+        self.say(input.nick + ': ' + msg)
+
+print bot.commands
+
+while True:
+    try: 
+        out = bot.irc.out.get(timeout=1)
+        #print repr(out)
+        for func, args in bot.commands.itervalues():
+            input = Input(*out)
+            for filt in bot.filters.itervalues():
+                input = filt(bot, func, args, input)
+                if input == False:
+                    break
+            if input == False:
+                continue
+            thread.start_new_thread(func,(FakeBot(bot, input), input))
+    except Queue.Empty:
+        pass
+    #except KeyboardInterrupt:
+    #    sys.exit()
diff --git a/irc.pyc b/irc.pyc
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diff --git a/plugins/filter.py b/plugins/filter.py
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+import re
+
+def setup(bot):
+    bot.filter("default_filters", filter_suite)
+
+def filter_suite(bot, func, args, input):
+    args.setdefault('events', ['PRIVMSG'])
+
+    if input.command not in args['events']:
+        return False
+
+    args.setdefault('hook', r'(.*)')
+    args.setdefault('prefix', True)
+    
+    hook = args['hook']
+    if args['prefix']:
+        hook = bot.commandprefix + args['hook']
+
+    m = re.match(hook, input.msg)
+    if not m:
+        return False
+    
+    input.re = m
+    return input
diff --git a/plugins/weather.py b/plugins/weather.py
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+"weather, thanks to google"
+
+import urllib, re, pickle, os
+from xml.dom import minidom
+
+WEATHER_URL = 'http://www.google.com/ig/api'
+
+def setup(bot):
+    bot.command("weather", weather, hook=r"weather (.*)")
+
+def goog_weather(query):
+	data = urllib.urlencode({'weather':query})
+	url = WEATHER_URL + "?" + data
+	#print url
+	dom = minidom.parse(urllib.urlopen(url))
+
+	if len(dom.getElementsByTagName('problem_cause')):
+		return {'error': True}
+
+	place = dom.getElementsByTagName('city')[0].getAttribute('data')
+	temp = dom.getElementsByTagName('temp_f')[0].getAttribute('data')
+
+	conditions = dom.getElementsByTagName('current_conditions')[0]
+	condition = conditions.getElementsByTagName('condition')[0].getAttribute('data')
+	wind = conditions.getElementsByTagName('wind_condition')[0].getAttribute('data')
+	humidity = conditions.getElementsByTagName('humidity')[0].getAttribute('data')
+	
+	forecast = dom.getElementsByTagName('forecast_conditions')[0]
+	high = forecast.getElementsByTagName('high')[0].getAttribute('data')
+	low = forecast.getElementsByTagName('low')[0].getAttribute('data')
+
+	return {
+		'place': place,
+		'temp': temp,
+		'high': high,
+		'low': low,
+		'condition': condition,
+		'wind': wind,
+		'humidity': humidity
+	}
+
+def weather(bot, input):
+    ".weather <location> -- queries google weather API for weather data"
+    q = input.re.groups()[0]
+    cond = goog_weather(q)
+
+    if cond.has_key('error'):
+        bot.reply(u'Couldn\'t fetch weather data for "%s", try using a zip/postal code' % (q))
+        return
+
+    format = u'%s %sF (%s/%s/%s) (h:%sF,l:%sF)'
+    args = (cond['place'],cond['temp'],cond['condition'],cond['wind'],cond['humidity'],cond['high'],cond['low'])
+
+    bot.reply(format.encode('utf-8') % args)