diff --git a/event.js b/event.js
index ba904f9..7ae5f80 100644
--- a/event.js
+++ b/event.js
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ function(name, func, options={}){
 		}) } 
 
 
+module.TRIGGER = {doc: 'force event method to trigger'}
+
 // Extends Eventfull(..) adding ability to bind events via the 
 // resulting method directly by passing it a function...
 //
@@ -157,6 +159,16 @@ function(name, func, options={}){
 //	func(handle, ...args)
 //
 //
+// Special case:
+//
+//	Force trigger event...
+//	method(TRIGGER, ...args)
+//		-> this
+//
+// This will pass args to the event action regardless whether the first 
+// arg is a function or not...
+//
+//
 var Event = 
 module.Event =
 function(name, func, options={}){
@@ -169,12 +181,14 @@ function(name, func, options={}){
 		method = Eventfull(name, 
 			function(handle, ...args){
 				// add handler...
-				// XXX handle handler tags...
 				if(typeof(args[0]) == 'function'){
 					method.__event_handler_add__(this, args[0])
 					
 				// call the action...
 				} else {
+					// special case: force trigger -> remove TRIGGER from args...
+					args[0] === module.TRIGGER
+						&& args.shift()
 					func
 						&& func.call(this, handle, ...args) }
 
@@ -240,7 +254,7 @@ module.EventHandlerMixin = {
 	trigger: function(evt, ...args){
 		// local handler...
 		evt in this
-			&& this[evt](...args)
+			&& this[evt](module.TRIGGER, ...args)
 		// global events...
 		this.__event_handlers__
 			&& (this.__event_handlers__[evt] || [])
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f6885be..856830a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ig-types",
-  "version": "3.7.1",
+  "version": "3.7.2",
   "description": "Generic JavaScript types and type extensions...",
   "main": "main.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/runner.js b/runner.js
index 28bd904..54fd618 100644
--- a/runner.js
+++ b/runner.js
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ module.Queue = object.Constructor('Queue', Array, {
 				&& running.length < (this.pool_size || Infinity) ){
 
 			var task = this.shift()
+			// XXX BUG this executes the task for some reson...
 			this.trigger('taskStarting', task)
 
 			// run...
@@ -254,11 +255,13 @@ module.Queue = object.Constructor('Queue', Array, {
 							.filter(function(e){ return e !== res }))
 					// finishup...
 					that
+						// XXX BUG this executes the task for some reson...
 						.trigger('taskCompleted', task, res)
 						._run() })
 
 			// completed sync task...
 			} else {
+				// XXX BUG this executes the task for some reson...
 				this.trigger('taskCompleted', task, res) } }
 
 		// empty queue -> pole or stop...
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index a2c2450..2ef534b 100755
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -472,6 +472,11 @@ Events.cases({
 			.event()
 			.event()
 		assert(called['event-one-time-handler'] == 1, '.one("event", ..) handler cleared.')
+		delete called['event-one-time-handler']
+
+		// special case...
+		obj.trigger('event', function(){ called['trigger-function-called'] = true })
+		assert(called['trigger-function-called'] === undefined, '.trigger(..) should not call it\'s args')
 		
 		// XXX test passing args...
 
@@ -483,6 +488,57 @@ Events.cases({
 })
 
 
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------
+// events...
+
+var Runner = test.TestSet()
+test.Case('Runner', Runner)
+
+// XXX test aborting handlers...
+Runner.cases({
+	base: function(assert){
+		//var q = assert(runner.Queue({auto_stop: true}), 'Queue()')
+		var q = assert(runner.Queue(), 'Queue()')
+
+		// empty states...
+		assert(q.state == 'stopped', '.state: stopped')
+
+		q.start()
+
+		assert(q.state == 'running', '.state: running')
+
+		q.start()
+
+		assert(q.state == 'running', '.state: running')
+
+		q.stop()
+
+		assert(q.state == 'stopped', '.state: stopped')
+
+		var tasks_run = []
+		var a = function(){ tasks_run.push('a') }
+		var b = function(){ tasks_run.push('b') }
+		var c = function(){ tasks_run.push('c') }
+
+		q.push(a)
+		q.push(b)
+		q.push(c)
+		
+		assert(q.length == 3, '.length is 3')
+
+		// for some reason this runs the tasks above multiple times...
+		q.start()
+
+		assert.array(tasks_run, ['a', 'b', 'c'], 'all tasks run')
+
+
+
+
+		//console.log('\n>>>', q.state)
+	},
+})
+
+
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 typeof(__filename) != 'undefined'