diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index be435b7..a6c05d4 100755
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -20,11 +20,8 @@ os.chdir(sys.path[0]) #do stuff relative to the installation directory
 
 class Bot(object):
     def __init__(self):
-        self.plugins = {}
         self.commands = [] # fn, name, func, args
-        self.listens = {} 
         self.filters = [] #fn, name, func
-        self.daemons = {}
 
 bot = Bot()
 bot.nickname = nickname
@@ -33,41 +30,49 @@ bot.network = network
 
 print 'Loading plugins'
 magic_re = re.compile(r'^\s*#(command|filter)(?:: +(\S+) *(\S.*)?)?\s*$')
-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)
-        plugin = bot.plugins[shortname]
-        source = open(filename).read().split('\n')
-        #this is a nasty hack, but it simplifies registration
-        funcs = [x for x in dir(plugin) 
-                 if str(type(getattr(plugin,x))) == "<type 'function'>"]
-        for func in funcs:
-            #read the line before the function definition, looking for a
-            # comment that tells the bot about what it does
-            func = getattr(plugin, func)
-            lineno = func.func_code.co_firstlineno
-            if lineno == 1:
-                continue #can't have a line before the first line...
-            m = magic_re.match(source[lineno-2])
-            if m:
-                typ, nam, rest = m.groups()
-                if nam is None:
-                    nam = func.__name__
-                if rest is None:
-                    rest = '\s*(.*)'
-                if typ == 'command':
-                    args = {'name': nam, 'hook': nam + rest}
-                    bot.commands.append((filename, nam, func, args))
-                if typ == 'filter':
-                    bot.filters.append((filename, nam, func))
-    except Exception, e:
-        print e
 
-if bot.daemons:
-    print 'Running daemons'
-    for daemon in bot.daemons.itervalues():
-        thread.start_new_thread(daemon, ())
+def reload_plugins(mtime=[0]):
+    new_mtime = os.stat('plugins')
+    if new_mtime == mtime[0]:
+        return
+
+    bot.commands = []
+    bot.filters = []
+
+
+    for filename in glob.glob("plugins/*.py"):
+        shortname = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(filename))[0]
+        try:
+            plugin = imp.load_source(shortname, filename)
+            source = open(filename).read().split('\n')
+            #this is a nasty hack, but it simplifies registration
+            funcs = [x for x in dir(plugin) 
+                     if str(type(getattr(plugin,x))) == "<type 'function'>"]
+            for func in funcs:
+                #read the line before the function definition, looking for a
+                # comment that tells the bot about what it does
+                func = getattr(plugin, func)
+                lineno = func.func_code.co_firstlineno
+                if lineno == 1:
+                    continue #can't have a line before the first line...
+                m = magic_re.match(source[lineno-2])
+                if m:
+                    typ, nam, rest = m.groups()
+                    if nam is None:
+                        nam = func.__name__
+                    if rest is None:
+                        rest = '\s*(.*)'
+                    if typ == 'command':
+                        args = {'name': nam, 'hook': nam + rest}
+                        bot.commands.append((filename, nam, func, args))
+                    if typ == 'filter':
+                        bot.filters.append((filename, nam, func))
+        except Exception, e:
+            print e
+
+    mtime[0] = new_mtime
+
+reload_plugins()
 
 print 'Connecting to IRC'
 bot.irc = irc.irc(network, nickname)
@@ -88,27 +93,32 @@ class Input(object):
         self.host = host
         self.paraml = paraml
         self.msg = msg
+        self.doreply = True
 
 class FakeBot(object):
-    def __init__(self, bot, input, func):
+    def __init__(self, bot, input, fn, func):
         self.bot = bot
         self.input = input
         self.msg = bot.irc.msg
         self.cmd = bot.irc.cmd
+        self.fn = func
         self.func = func
         if input.command == "PRIVMSG":
             self.chan = input.paraml[0]
     
     def say(self, msg):
-        self.bot.irc.msg(input.paraml[0], msg)
+        self.bot.irc.msg(self.input.paraml[0], msg)
 
     def reply(self, msg):
-        self.say(input.nick + ': ' + msg)
+        self.say(self.input.nick + ': ' + msg)
 
     def run(self):
         out = self.func(self, self.input)
         if out is not None:
-            self.reply(unicode(out))
+            if self.doreply:
+                self.reply(unicode(out))
+            else:
+                self.say(unicode(out))
 
 print bot.commands
 print bot.filters
@@ -116,6 +126,7 @@ print bot.filters
 while True:
     try: 
         out = bot.irc.out.get(timeout=1)
+        reload_plugins()
         for fn, name, func, args in bot.commands:
             input = Input(*out)
             for fn, nam, filt in bot.filters:
@@ -123,7 +134,7 @@ while True:
                 if input == None:
                     break
             if input == None:
-                break
-            thread.start_new_thread(FakeBot(bot, input, func).run, ())
+                continue
+            thread.start_new_thread(FakeBot(bot, input, fn, func).run, ())
     except Queue.Empty:
         pass
diff --git a/irc.py b/irc.py
index b864236..aad2ddb 100644
--- a/irc.py
+++ b/irc.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class irc(object):
     def parse_loop(self):
         while True:
             msg = self.conn.iqueue.get()
+            print '>>>', msg
             if msg.startswith(":"): #has a prefix
                 prefix, command, params = irc_prefix_re.match(msg).groups()
             else:
diff --git a/plugins/dice.py b/plugins/dice.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..560dd47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/dice.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+dice.py written by Scaevolus 2008, updated 2009
+simulates dicerolls
+"""
+import re
+import random
+
+whitespace_re = re.compile(r'\s+')
+valid_diceroll_re = re.compile(r'^[+-]?(\d+|\d*d\d+)([+-](\d+|\d*d\d+))*$')
+sign_re = re.compile(r'[+-]?(?:\d*d)?\d+')
+split_re = re.compile(r'([\d+-]*)d?(\d*)')
+
+def nrolls(count, n):
+    "roll an n-sided die count times"
+    if n < 2: #it's a coin
+        if count < 5000:
+            return sum(random.randint(0,1) for x in xrange(count))
+        else: #fake it
+            return int(random.normalvariate(.5*count,(.75*count)**.5))
+    else:
+        if count < 5000:
+            return sum(random.randint(1,n) for x in xrange(count))
+        else: #fake it
+            return int(random.normalvariate(.5*(1+n)*count,
+                (((n+1)*(2*n+1)/6.-(.5*(1+n))**2)*count)**.5))
+
+#command
+def dice(bot, input):
+    ".dice <diceroll> - simulates dicerolls, e.g. .dice 2d20-d5+4 roll 2 " \
+        "D20s, subtract 1D5, add 4"
+    if not input.inp.strip():
+        return dice.__doc__
+
+    spec = whitespace_re.sub('', input.inp)
+    if not valid_diceroll_re.match(spec):
+        return "Invalid diceroll"
+    sum = 0
+    groups = sign_re.findall(spec)
+    for roll in groups:
+        count, side = split_re.match(roll).groups()
+        if side == "":
+            sum += int(count)
+        else:
+            count = int(count) if count not in  " +-" else 1
+            side = int(side)
+            try:
+                if count > 0:
+                    sum += nrolls(count, side)
+                else:
+                    sum -= nrolls(abs(count), side)
+            except OverflowError:
+                return "Thanks for overflowing a float, jerk >:["
+    
+    return str(sum)
diff --git a/plugins/dice.pyc b/plugins/dice.pyc
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diff --git a/plugins/filter.pyc b/plugins/filter.pyc
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diff --git a/plugins/twitter.py b/plugins/twitter.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b83896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/twitter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+"""
+twitter.py: written by Scaevolus 2009
+retrieves most recent tweets
+"""
+
+import urllib
+from xml.etree import ElementTree
+
+#command
+def twitter(bot, input):
+    '''.twitter <user> - gets most recent tweet from <user>'''
+    if not input.inp.strip():
+        return twitter.__doc__
+
+    url = "http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/%s.xml?count=1" \
+            % urllib.quote(input.inp)
+    tweet = ElementTree.parse(urllib.urlopen(url))
+
+    if tweet.find('error') is not None:
+        return "can't find that username"
+    
+    tweet = tweet.find('status')
+    bot.say(': '.join(tweet.find(x).text for x in 'user/name created_at text'.split()))
diff --git a/plugins/twitter.pyc b/plugins/twitter.pyc
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diff --git a/plugins/weather.py b/plugins/weather.py
index 509d0ad..6d2f115 100755
--- a/plugins/weather.py
+++ b/plugins/weather.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from xml.etree import ElementTree
 
 #command: weather
 def weather(bot, input):
-    '''.weather <location> -- queries the google weather API for weather data'''
+    ".weather <location> -- queries the google weather API for weather data"
 
     if not input.inp.strip(): # blank line
         return "welp"
diff --git a/plugins/weather.pyc b/plugins/weather.pyc
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