--- a/wordstream/api.py	Fri Jan 01 20:01:02 2010 -0500
+++ b/wordstream/api.py	Fri Feb 12 00:38:25 2010 -0500
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import urllib2
+from random import shuffle
 
 class Corpus(dict):
 
@@ -9,8 +10,11 @@
         self.setdefault(word, []).append(association)
 
     def eat(self, word):
-        if word in self and self[word]:
-            return self[word].pop()
+        if word in self:
+            if self[word]:
+                return self[word].pop()
+            else:
+                del self[word]
 
     def feed_stream(self, stream):
         if isinstance(stream, basestring):
@@ -27,6 +31,10 @@
                 text = file(arg).read()
             self.feed_stream(text)
 
+    def scramble(self):
+        for i in self:
+            shuffle(self[i])
+
     def save(self, filename):
         named = False
         if isinstance(f, basestring):