diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+/.rbenv-version
+/pkg
+Gemfile.lock
diff --git a/.kick b/.kick
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+require "kicker/utils"
+
+process do |files|
+  if files.any? { |f| /\.rb$/ =~ f }
+    execute "rake test"
+  end
+
+  files.clear
+end
+
+module Kicker::Utils
+  def log(message)
+    nil
+  end
+end
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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+language: ruby
+rvm:
+  - 1.8.7
+  - 1.9.2
+  - 1.9.3
+  - jruby-18mode
+  - jruby-19mode
+  - jruby-head
+  - rbx-18mode
+  - rbx-19mode
+  - ree
+  - ruby-head
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
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+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in watchable.gemspec
+gemspec
diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
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+[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/jbarnette/watchable.png)](http://travis-ci.org/jbarnette/watchable)
+
+# Watchable
+
+A simple event/notification mixin, reluctantly extracted to a gem.
+This is code I've had floating around for a few years now, but I've
+also incorporated a few extras from node.js' [EventEmitter][ee],
+[jQuery][jq], and [Backbone.Events][be].
+
+[ee]: http://nodejs.org/api/events.html#events_class_events_eventemitter
+[jq]: http://api.jquery.com/on
+[be]: http://documentcloud.github.com/backbone/#Events
+
+## Example
+
+### Fixtures
+
+```ruby
+require "watchable"
+
+class Frob
+  include Watchable
+end
+
+class Callable
+  def call *args
+    p :called! => args
+  end
+end
+
+```
+
+### Watching and Firing
+
+Events can have any number of watchers. Each watcher will be called
+in order, and any args provided when the event is fired will be passed
+along. Watchers will most commonly be blocks, but any object that
+responds to `call` can be used instead.
+
+```ruby
+frob = Frob.new
+
+frob.on :twiddle do |name|
+  puts "#{name} twiddled the frob!"
+end
+
+frob.on :twiddle do |name|
+  puts "(not that there's anything wrong with that)"
+end
+
+frob.on :twiddle, Callable.new
+frob.fire :twiddle, "John"
+```
+
+#### Result
+
+    John twiddled the frob!
+    (not that there's anything wrong with that)
+    { :called! => ["John"] }
+
+### Watching Once
+
+Only want to be notified the first time something happens? `once` is
+like `on`, but fickle.
+
+```ruby
+frob = Frob.new
+
+frob.on :twiddle do
+  p :twiddled!
+end
+
+frob.fire :twiddle
+frob.fire :twiddle
+```
+
+#### Result
+
+    :twiddled!
+
+### Unwatching
+
+Specific blocks or callable objects can be removed from an event's
+watchers, or all the event's watchers can be removed.
+
+```ruby
+b    = lambda {}
+frob = Frob.new
+
+frob.on :twiddle, &b
+
+frob.off :twiddle, b  # removes the 'b' watcher, same as frob.off :twiddle, &b
+frob.off :twiddle     # removes all watchers for the 'twiddle' event
+```
+
+## Compatibility
+
+Watchable is actively developed against MRI Ruby 1.8.7 as a least common
+denominator, but is widely tested against other Ruby versions and
+implementations. Check the [travis-ci][] page for details.
+
+[travis-ci]: http://travis-ci.org/jbarnette/watchable
+
+## License (MIT)
+
+Copyright 2012 John Barnette (john@jbarnette.com)
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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+require "bundler/gem_tasks"
+
+desc "Run the tests."
+task :test do
+  $: << "lib" << "test"
+  Dir["test/*_test.rb"].each { |f| require f[5..-4] }
+end
+
+task :default => :test
diff --git a/lib/watchable.rb b/lib/watchable.rb
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+module Watchable
+  def watchers
+    @watchers ||= Hash.new { |h, k| h[k] = [] }
+  end
+
+  def fire event, *args
+    watchers[event].each { |w| w && w.call(*args) }
+
+    self
+  end
+
+  def on event, callable = nil, &block
+    watchers[event] << (callable || block)
+
+    self
+  end
+
+  def once event, callable = nil, &block
+    wrapper = lambda do |*args|
+      off event, wrapper
+      (callable || block).call *args
+    end
+    
+    on event, wrapper
+  end
+
+  def off event, callable = nil, &block
+    watcher = callable || block
+    watcher ? watchers[event].delete(watcher) : watchers[event].clear
+
+    self
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/watchable_test.rb b/test/watchable_test.rb
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+require "minitest/autorun"
+require "mocha"
+require "watchable"
+
+describe Watchable do
+  before do
+    @obj = Object.new
+    @obj.extend Watchable
+  end
+
+  it "has an empty list of watchers by default" do
+    assert @obj.watchers.empty?
+  end
+
+  it "returns an empty array of watchers for any event" do
+    assert_equal [], @obj.watchers[:foo]
+  end
+
+  describe :fire do
+    it "calls each watcher with optional args" do
+      @obj.on :foo, mock { expects(:call).with :bar, :baz }
+      @obj.fire :foo, :bar, :baz
+    end
+
+    it "calls multiple watchers in order" do
+      fires = sequence "fires"
+
+      @obj.on :foo, mock { expects(:call).in_sequence fires }
+      @obj.on :foo, mock { expects(:call).in_sequence fires }
+
+      @obj.fire :foo
+    end
+
+    it "ignores nil watchers" do
+      @obj.on :foo, nil
+      @obj.fire :foo
+    end
+
+    it "returns the watchable" do
+      assert_same @obj, @obj.fire(:foo)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe :off do
+    it "can unregister a block" do
+      b = lambda {}
+
+      @obj.on :foo, &b
+      @obj.off :foo, &b
+
+      assert @obj.watchers[:foo].empty?
+    end
+
+    it "can unregister an object" do
+      b = lambda {}
+
+      @obj.on :foo, &b
+      @obj.off :foo, &b
+
+      assert @obj.watchers[:foo].empty?
+    end
+
+    it "can unregister all watchers for an event" do
+      @obj.on(:foo) {}
+      @obj.on(:foo) {}
+
+      assert_equal 2, @obj.watchers[:foo].size
+
+      @obj.off :foo
+      assert @obj.watchers[:foo].empty?
+    end
+
+    it "returns the watchable" do
+      assert_same @obj, @obj.off(:foo)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe :on do
+    it "can register a block" do
+      b = lambda {}
+
+      @obj.on :foo, &b
+      assert_equal [b], @obj.watchers[:foo]
+    end
+
+    it "can register an object" do
+      b = lambda {}
+
+      @obj.on :foo, b
+      assert_equal [b], @obj.watchers[:foo]
+    end
+
+    it "returns the watchable" do
+      assert_same @obj, @obj.on(:foo) {}
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe :once do
+    it "registers a watcher that's only called on the first fire" do
+      @obj.once :foo, mock { expects :call }
+
+      @obj.fire :foo
+      @obj.fire :foo
+    end
+
+    it "returns the watchable" do
+      assert_same @obj, @obj.once(:foo) {}
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/watchable.gemspec b/watchable.gemspec
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+Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
+  gem.authors       = ["John Barnette"]
+  gem.email         = ["john@jbarnette.com"]
+  gem.description   = "A simple event mixin, reluctantly extracted to a gem."
+  gem.summary       = "Watch an object for events."
+  gem.homepage      = "https://github.com/jbarnette/watchable"
+
+  gem.files         = `git ls-files`.split "\n"
+  gem.test_files    = `git ls-files -- test/*`.split "\n"
+  gem.name          = "watchable"
+  gem.require_paths = ["lib"]
+  gem.version       = "0.0.0"
+
+  gem.add_development_dependency "minitest"
+  gem.add_development_dependency "mocha"
+end