diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 8c03e2928..d9a07aaba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 0.2.3 - Jan 16, 2008
-			* added d to command line interface twitter d jnunemaker 'hola'
+			* added d to command line interface twitter d jnunemaker 'hola' (Humbucker)
+			* added progress dots when posting for confirmation when twitter is running slow (Hendy Irawan)
 0.2.2 - added leave and follow which are new twitter api methods for turning notifications on and off
 0.2.0 - Aug 4, 2007
 			* added sent_messages
diff --git a/lib/twitter/base.rb b/lib/twitter/base.rb
index 4ae0f6068..e06b6d6ac 100644
--- a/lib/twitter/base.rb
+++ b/lib/twitter/base.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ class BadResponse < Untwitterable; end
   class UnknownTimeline < ArgumentError; end
   
   class Base
-    
     # Twitter's url, duh!
     @@api_url   = 'twitter.com'
     
diff --git a/lib/twitter/command.rb b/lib/twitter/command.rb
index 674a4fcbb..ea956f46d 100644
--- a/lib/twitter/command.rb
+++ b/lib/twitter/command.rb
@@ -44,9 +44,18 @@ def post
         end
         
         post = ARGV.shift
-        
-        status = Twitter::Base.new(config['email'], config['password']).post(post)
-        puts "\nGot it! New twitter created at: #{status.created_at}\n"
+        print "\nSending twitter update"
+        finished = false
+        status = nil
+        progress_thread = Thread.new { until finished; print "."; $stdout.flush; sleep 0.5; end; }
+        post_thread = Thread.new(binding()) { |b|
+          status = Twitter::Base.new(config['email'], config['password']).post(post)
+          finished = true
+        }
+        post_thread.join
+        progress_thread.join
+        puts " OK!"
+        puts "Got it! New twitter created at: #{status.created_at}\n"
       end
       
       # Shows status, time and user for the specified timeline
diff --git a/test/unit/base_test.rb b/test/unit/base_test.rb
index 3516016dd..e17c22952 100644
--- a/test/unit/base_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/base_test.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 class BaseTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
+    # note to self use webgroup
     @t = Twitter::Base.new(CONFIG['email'], CONFIG['password'])
   end
   
@@ -66,8 +67,8 @@ def setup
   end
   
   test 'should be able to create and destroy friendships' do
-    puts "Destroying Friendship with Snitch Test", @t.destroy_friendship('snitch_test'), "*"*50
-    puts "Creating Friendship with Snitch Test", @t.create_friendship('snitch_test'), "*"*50
+    puts "Destroying Friendship", @t.destroy_friendship('jnunemaker'), "*"*50
+    puts "Creating Friendship", @t.create_friendship('jnunemaker'), "*"*50
   end
   
   test 'should be able to follow a user' do
@@ -79,14 +80,13 @@ def setup
   end
   
   
-  #
-  # test 'should be able to destroy a status' do
-  #   # this has to be checked individually, create a status, put the id in and make sure it was deleted
-  #   #@t.destroy(185855442)
-  # end
-  #
-  # test 'should be able to destroy a direct message' do
-  #   # must be tested individually
-  #   @t.destroy_direct_message(4687032)
-  # end
+  test 'should be able to destroy a status' do
+    # this has to be checked individually, create a status, put the id in and make sure it was deleted
+    #@t.destroy(185855442)
+  end
+  
+  test 'should be able to destroy a direct message' do
+    # must be tested individually
+    @t.destroy_direct_message(4687032)
+  end
 end
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