diff --git a/alexBot/tools.py b/alexBot/tools.py
index 82435a8..195c86a 100644
--- a/alexBot/tools.py
+++ b/alexBot/tools.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, Generator, Iterable, Sequence, Tuple, TypeVar, Union
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
+import functools
+
 import discord
 from jishaku.paginators import PaginatorInterface
 from pytz import timezone
@@ -24,6 +26,16 @@
 _T = TypeVar("_T")
 
 
+def convert_to_bool(argument: str) -> bool:
+    lowered = argument.lower()
+    if lowered in ('yes', 'y', 'true', 't', '1', 'enable', 'on'):
+        return True
+    elif lowered in ('no', 'n', 'false', 'f', '0', 'disable', 'off'):
+        return False
+    else:
+        raise commands.BadBoolArgument(lowered)
+
+
 class InteractionPaginator(PaginatorInterface):
     # send_interaction takes an interaction and uses that to send the paginator
     async def send_interaction(self, interaction: discord.Interaction):
@@ -116,9 +128,29 @@ def grouper(iterable: Sequence[_T], n: int) -> Generator[Sequence[_T], None, Non
         yield iterable[i * n : i * n + n]
 
 
-def transform_neosdb(url: str) -> str:
-    url = urlparse(url)
-    return f"https://cloudxstorage.blob.core.windows.net/assets{posixpath.splitext(url.path)[0]}"
+def time_cache(max_age: int, maxsize=128, typed=False):
+    """Least-recently-used cache decorator with time-based cache invalidation.
+
+    Args:
+        max_age: Time to live for cached results (in seconds).
+        maxsize: Maximum cache size (see `functools.lru_cache`).
+        typed: Cache on distinct input types (see `functools.lru_cache`).
+
+    copied from stackoverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/a/63674816
+    """
+
+    def _decorator(fn):
+        @functools.lru_cache(maxsize=maxsize, typed=typed)
+        def _new(*args, __time_salt, **kwargs):
+            return fn(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        @functools.wraps(fn)
+        def _wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
+            return _new(*args, **kwargs, __time_salt=int(time.time() / max_age))
+
+        return _wrapped
+
+    return _decorator
 
 
 timeUnits = {
@@ -127,10 +159,11 @@ def transform_neosdb(url: str) -> str:
     'h': lambda v: v * 60 * 60,
     'd': lambda v: v * 60 * 60 * 24,
     'w': lambda v: v * 60 * 60 * 24 * 7,
+    'M': lambda v: v * 60 * 60 * 24 * 30,
 }
 
 
-def resolve_duration(data) -> datetime.datetime:
+def resolve_duration(data: str, tz: datetime.tzinfo = timezone('UTC')) -> datetime.timedelta:
     """
     Takes a raw input string formatted 1w1d1h1m1s (any order)
     and converts to timedelta
@@ -151,4 +184,4 @@ def resolve_duration(data) -> datetime.datetime:
         value += timeUnits[char](int(digits))
         digits = ''
 
-    return datetime.datetime.now(tz=timezone('UTC')) + datetime.timedelta(seconds=value + 1)
+    return datetime.timedelta(seconds=value)