diff --git a/spec/runner.html b/spec/runner.html
index 7ce2e7f..18b801e 100644
--- a/spec/runner.html
+++ b/spec/runner.html
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
   <script type="text/javascript" src="../src/WaitsForBlock.js"></script>
 
   <script type="text/javascript" src="../src/html/TrivialReporter.js"></script>
+  <script type="text/javascript" src="../src/node/TrivialNodeReporter.js"></script>
 
 
 
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
   <script type="text/javascript" src="suites/SpySpec.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="suites/SuiteSpec.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="suites/TrivialReporterSpec.js"></script>
+  <script type="text/javascript" src="suites/TrivialNodeReporterSpec.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="suites/WaitsForBlockSpec.js"></script>
 
 
diff --git a/spec/suites/TrivialNodeReporterSpec.js b/spec/suites/TrivialNodeReporterSpec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4935ec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/suites/TrivialNodeReporterSpec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+describe("TrivialNodeReporter", function() {
+  
+
+  var green = function(str) {
+    return '\033[32m' + str + '\033[0m';   //keep these literal.  otherwise the test loses value as a test.
+  };
+  
+  var red = function(str) {
+    return '\033[31m' + str + '\033[0m';
+  };
+  
+  var newline = "\n";
+  
+  beforeEach(function() {
+    this.fakeSys = (function(){
+      var output = "";
+      return {
+        puts:function(str) {output += str + "\n";},
+        print:function(str) {output += str;},
+        getOutput:function(){return output;}
+      };
+    })();
+    
+    this.env = new jasmine.Env();
+    this.env.updateInterval = 0;
+
+    this.reporter = new jasmine.TrivialNodeReporter(this.fakeSys);
+  });
+  
+  //     reportSpecResults: function(spec) {
+  //       var result = spec.results();
+  //       var msg = '';
+  //       if (result.passed())
+  //       {
+  //         msg = (colors) ? (ansi.green + '.' + ansi.none) : '.';
+  // //      } else if (result.skipped) {  TODO: Research why "result.skipped" returns false when "xit" is called on a spec?
+  // //        msg = (colors) ? (ansi.yellow + '*' + ansi.none) : '*';
+  //       } else {
+  //         msg = (colors) ? (ansi.red + 'F' + ansi.none) : 'F';
+  //       }
+  //       sys.print(msg);
+  //       if (columnCounter++ < 50) return;
+  //       columnCounter = 0;
+  //       sys.print('\n');
+  //     },
+
+
+
+  describe('A Test Run', function(){
+    
+    describe('A spec runs', function(){
+    
+      it("prints a green dot if the spec passes", function(){
+        var passingSpec = {
+          results: function(){
+            return {passed:function(){return true;}};
+          }
+        };
+        this.reporter.reportSpecResults(passingSpec);
+
+        expect(this.fakeSys.getOutput()).toEqual(
+          green(".")
+        );
+      });
+    
+    });
+
+  });
+  
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/node/TrivialNodeReporter.js b/src/node/TrivialNodeReporter.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..273f1b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/node/TrivialNodeReporter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+jasmine.TrivialNodeReporter = function(sys) {
+  this.sys = sys;
+
+  this.ansi = {
+    green: '\033[32m',
+    red: '\033[31m',
+    yellow: '\033[33m',
+    none: '\033[0m'
+  };
+};
+
+//     reportSpecResults: function(spec) {
+//       var result = spec.results();
+//       var msg = '';
+//       if (result.passed())
+//       {
+//         msg = (colors) ? (ansi.green + '.' + ansi.none) : '.';
+// //      } else if (result.skipped) {  TODO: Research why "result.skipped" returns false when "xit" is called on a spec?
+// //        msg = (colors) ? (ansi.yellow + '*' + ansi.none) : '*';
+//       } else {
+//         msg = (colors) ? (ansi.red + 'F' + ansi.none) : 'F';
+//       }
+//       sys.print(msg);
+//       if (columnCounter++ < 50) return;
+//       columnCounter = 0;
+//       sys.print('\n');
+//     },
+
+
+jasmine.TrivialNodeReporter.prototype._coloredStr = function(color, str) {
+  return this.ansi[color] + str + this.ansi.none;
+};
+
+jasmine.TrivialNodeReporter.prototype._greenStr = function(str) { return this._coloredStr("green", str); };
+jasmine.TrivialNodeReporter.prototype._redStr = function(str) { return this._coloredStr("red", str); };
+jasmine.TrivialNodeReporter.prototype._yellowStr = function(str) { return this._coloredStr("yellow", str); };
+
+jasmine.TrivialNodeReporter.prototype._greenDot = function(str) { return this.sys.print(this._greenStr(".")); };
+jasmine.TrivialNodeReporter.prototype._newLine = function(str) { return this.sys.print("\n"); };
+
+jasmine.TrivialNodeReporter.prototype.reportSpecResults = function(spec) {
+  if (spec.results().passed()) this._greenDot();
+};  
+
+