         /(?:grab|get|take|find|pull)\s(.+)\s(?:on|from)\stwitter/i
         /search\stwitter(?:\sfor)?\s(.+)/i
     ]
-    fn: (user, m, cb) -> twitterSearch m[1], cb
+    fn: (user, m, cb) -> searchByString m[1], cb
+    
+# get tweets from @user
+# get 5 tweets from user
+# get last tweet from user
+brain.addPattern 'twitterUser',
+    match: [
+        /(?:grab|get|take|find|pull)\s?(\d+|last|latest)?\stweet(s?)\s(?:from|by)\s(\S+)/i
+    ]
+    fn: (user, m, cb) -> searchByUser m[3], m[2], m[1], cb
 

};
`

twitterSearch = (query, respond) ->

    message = ''
    
    url = 'http://search.twitter.com/search.json?' + qs.stringify(
        q   : query
        rpp : 3
    )
    
    console.log "requesting #{url}" if program.verbose
    request.get url, (err, resp, body) ->

###
Twitter search
###

n_tweets = 3

`
function relativeTime(dat){
