Random sleeping, sporatic battery

Well maybe not random sleeping....
So I have been having some battery issues lately, and as such I have been re-calibrating the battery often. Right when I started having the battery issues, i started having the following problem:
Usually, when my battery gets at about 10%, I get a warning that lets me know that I need to plug in my macbook before it dies. Lately, I get no warning and it goes to sleep at around 20-30%
Any ideas on what is going on
Here are the latest readings I have gotten from coconutBattery:
10-29-2006 90% (4694 mAh)
10-30-2006 92% (4813 mAh)
10-30-2006 76% (3953 mAh)
10-31-2006 81% (4232 mAh)
10-31-2006 92% (4794 mAh)
10-31-2006 60% (3142 mAh)
10-31-2006 64% (3330 mAh)
10-31-2006 82% (4279 mAh)
11-01-2006 56% (2916 mAh)
11-01-2006 92% (4813 mAh)
11-02-2006 62% (3268 mAh)
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