Investigate:

[2011-02-10 03:51:47.148968] ALL_RAW_MESSAGES: [':malacoda!~liberius@Rizon-8449AE11.satx.res.rr.com PRIVMSG #eightbar :!eightball Is eightball working?'] from irc.kickassanime.org to None
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./tenquestionmarks.py", line 383, in <module>
    tqm.loop()
  File "./tenquestionmarks.py", line 125, in loop
    self.ircobj.process_once()
  File "./lib/irclib/irclib.py", line 214, in process_once
    self.process_data(i)
  File "./lib/irclib/irclib.py", line 183, in process_data
    c.process_data()
  File "./lib/irclib/irclib.py", line 571, in process_data
    self._handle_event(Event(command, prefix, target, [m]))
  File "./lib/irclib/irclib.py", line 594, in _handle_event
    self.irclibobj._handle_event(self, event)
  File "./lib/irclib/irclib.py", line 326, in _handle_event
    if handler[1](connection, event) == "NO MORE":
  File "./tenquestionmarks.py", line 79, in _dispatcher
    irclib.SimpleIRCClient._dispatcher(self,connection,event)
  File "./lib/irclib/irclib.py", line 1043, in _dispatcher
    getattr(self, m)(c, e)
  File "./tenquestionmarks.py", line 163, in on_pubmsg
    if message.startswith(self.command_prefix):
TypeError: expected a character buffer object

python 2.6.6