For now, catch all the UTF-8 exceptions until I can fix it properly.

lolbot.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Useful bot for folks stuck behind censor walls at work
 Logs a channel and collects URLs for later.
 """
 
+try:
     import sys, string, random, time
     from ircbot import SingleServerIRCBot, OutputManager
     from irclib import nm_to_n, nm_to_h, irc_lower
@@ -22,6 +23,9 @@ import getopt
     from sqlalchemy import MetaData, Table, Column, String, Text, Integer, DateTime, engine_from_config
     from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
     from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
+except ImportError:
+    print "Some modules could not be loaded: Lolbot relies on Mechanize and SQLAlchemy.\n"
+    sys.exit
 
 # Exclamations - wrong input
 exclamations = [
@@ -37,7 +41,6 @@ exclamations = [
 ponderings = [
     "Hi, can I have a medium lamb roast, with just potatoes.",
     "Can I slurp on your Big Cock?",
-    "Your Mum likes it two in the pink one in the stink.",
     "Quentin Tarantino is so awesome I want to have his babies.",
     "No it's a week night 8pm is past my bedtime.",
 ]
@@ -193,6 +196,7 @@ class LolBot(SingleServerIRCBot):
     return datetime.today().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
 
   def save_url(self, nickname, url):
+    try:
       db = self.get_session()
       if not db.query(Url).filter(Url.url == url).count():
         theurl = Url(nickname, url)
@@ -201,19 +205,25 @@ class LolBot(SingleServerIRCBot):
       else:
         try:
           theurl = db.query(Url).filter(Url.url == url).one()
+          print theurl
+          return theurl.title
         except MultipleResultsFound, ex:
           print ex  #wtf
         except NoResultsFound, ex:
           print ex  #wtf
-    print theurl
+    except Exception, ex:
-    return theurl.title
+      print "Exception caught saving URL: %s" % ex
+      return ""
 
   def log_event(self, nick, text):
+    try:
       entry = Log(nick, text)
       db = self.get_session()
       db.add(entry)
       db.commit()
       print entry
+    except Exception, ex:
+      print "Exception caught logging event: %s" % ex
 
   def on_nicknameinuse(self, connection, event):
     self.nickname = connection.get_nickname() + "_"
@@ -280,6 +290,7 @@ class LolBot(SingleServerIRCBot):
     else:
       target = from_private.strip()
 
+    try:
       if cmd == 'help':
         self.reply(self.helptext, target)
 
@@ -303,6 +314,10 @@ class LolBot(SingleServerIRCBot):
       else:
         self.reply(self.exclaim(), target)
 
+    except Exception, ex:
+      print "Exception caught processing command: %s" % ex
+      print "   command was '%s' from %s" % (cmd, target)
+
 
 def usage():
   print """Run a lolbot.