diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4ed9eac..4b0a733 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,42 +25,58 @@ Unzip the resulting file, and continue to read this document.
 
 ## Install
 
-Before you can run the bot, you need to install a few Python modules. These are `lXML` and `BeautifulSoup`.  These can be installed with PIP (The Python package manager):
+Before you can run the bot, you need to install a few Python modules. These are `lXML` and `BeautifulSoup`.  These can be installed with PIP (The Python package manager). If you use Windows and dont want to set up pip, you can also find `exe` installers on the internet:
 
-`sudo pip install lxml`
+`pip install lxml`
 
-`sudo pip install beautifulsoup`
+`pip install beautifulsoup`
 
 
 On Debian based systems, you can get pip with
 
-`sudo apt-get install pip`
+`apt-get install pip`
 
 For `.spell` to work, we also need a library called `Enchant`.  On Debian based systems, install it with:
 
-`sudo apt-get install python-enchant`
+`apt-get install python-enchant`
 
 In addition, for `.whois` to work optimally, you must have `whois` installed. Again, on Debian based systems, install it with:
 
-`sudo apt-get install whois`
+`apt-get install whois`
 
-For the wrapper to work best, install `screen`, or `daemon`:
-
-`sudo apt-get install screen`
-
-`sudo apt-get install daemon`
 
 If you are a user of another Linux disto, use your package manager to install the dependencies, or, for other operating systems,  use **Google** to locate source packages you can install.
 
-Once you have installed the required dependencies, run the bot¹:
+Once you have installed the required dependencies, there are two ways you can run the bot:
+### Using the launcher:
+
+The launcher will start the bot as a background process, and allow the bot to close and restart itself. This is only supported on unix-like machines (not Windows).
+
+For the launcher to work properly, install `screen`, or `daemon` (daemon is recommended) :
+
+`apt-get install screen`
+
+`apt-get install daemon`
+
+Once you have installed either `screen` or `daemon`, run the start command:
 
 `./cloudbot start`
 
-It will generate a default config for you.  Once you have edited the config, run it again with:
+It will generate a default config for you.  Once you have edited the config, run it again with the same command:
 
 `./cloudbot start`
 
-and it will connect to any server(s) you have added to the config. (Config docs at the [wiki](http://git.io/cloudbotircconfig))
+This will start up your bot as a background process. To stop it, use `./cloudbot stop`. (Config docs at the [wiki](http://git.io/cloudbotircconfig))
+
+### Manually running the bot:
+
+To manually run the bot and get debug output, run it with:
+
+`python bot.py`
+
+On Windows you can usually just double-click the `bot.py` file to start the bot, as long as you have Python installed correctly.
+
+(note that running it without the launcher will break the restart and stop commands)
 
 ## Documentation
 
diff --git a/plugins/feelings.py b/plugins/feelings.py
index 41fbfee..99a7dec 100755
--- a/plugins/feelings.py
+++ b/plugins/feelings.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import random
 
 nick_re = re.compile(r"^[A-Za-z0-9_|\.\-\]\[]*$")
 
-insults = []
-flirts = []
 
 with open("plugins/data/insults.txt") as f:
     insults = [line.strip() for line in f.readlines()
diff --git a/plugins/violence.py b/plugins/violence.py
index 05db40c..efcc6d1 100755
--- a/plugins/violence.py
+++ b/plugins/violence.py
@@ -11,19 +11,19 @@ with open("plugins/data/larts.txt") as f:
 
 with open("plugins/data/slaps.txt") as f:
     slaps = [line.strip() for line in f.readlines()
-            if not line.startswith("//")]
+             if not line.startswith("//")]
 
 with open("plugins/data/slap_items.txt") as f:
-    slap_items = [line.strip() for line in f.readlines()
-                  if not line.startswith("//")]
+    items = [line.strip() for line in f.readlines()
+             if not line.startswith("//")]
 
 with open("plugins/data/kills.txt") as f:
     kills = [line.strip() for line in f.readlines()
              if not line.startswith("//")]
 
 with open("plugins/data/kill_bodyparts.txt") as f:
-    kill_bodyparts = [line.strip() for line in f.readlines()
-                      if not line.startswith("//")]
+    parts = [line.strip() for line in f.readlines()
+             if not line.startswith("//")]
 
 
 @hook.command
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def slap(inp, me=None, nick=None, conn=None, notice=None):
 
     out = random.choice(slaps)
     out = out.replace('<who>', target)
-    out = out.replace('<item>', random.choice(slap_items))
+    out = out.replace('<item>', random.choice(items))
 
     # act out the message
     me(out)
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def lart(inp, me=None, nick=None, conn=None, notice=None):
 
     out = random.choice(larts)
     out = out.replace('<who>', target)
-    out = out.replace('<item>', random.choice(slap_items))
+    out = out.replace('<item>', random.choice(items))
     me(out)
 
 
@@ -85,5 +85,5 @@ def kill(inp, me=None, nick=None, conn=None, notice=None):
 
     out = random.choice(kills)
     out = out.replace('<who>', target)
-    out = out.replace('<body>', random.choice(kill_bodyparts))
+    out = out.replace('<body>', random.choice(parts))
     me(out)