diff --git a/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb b/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb
index 629709402..194f321ff 100644
--- a/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ module SocketsHelper
     begin
       v = render_to_string(:partial => type_partial(object), :locals => {:post => object}) unless object.is_a? Retraction
     rescue Exception => e
-      Rails.logger.error("web socket view rendering failed for some reason." + v.inspect)
-      Rails.logger.error("Socketed object was #{object.inspect}")
+      Rails.logger.error("web socket view rendering failed for object #{object.inspect}.")
       raise e 
     end
     action_hash = {:class =>object.class.to_s.underscore.pluralize, :html => v, :post_id => obj_id(object)}
diff --git a/app/models/person.rb b/app/models/person.rb
index 7036a85f1..196a249fa 100644
--- a/app/models/person.rb
+++ b/app/models/person.rb
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ class Person
   end
 
   def owns?(post)
+    puts self.class
     self.id == post.person.id
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/albums/_album.html.haml b/app/views/albums/_album.html.haml
index d4a629ba0..52cb7fe4a 100644
--- a/app/views/albums/_album.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/albums/_album.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.album{:id => post.id, :class => ("mine" if mine?(post))}
+.album{:id => post.id, :class => ("mine" if current_user.owns?(post))}
 
   %div.name
     = link_to post.name, object_path(post)
diff --git a/app/views/albums/show.html.haml b/app/views/albums/show.html.haml
index 253d94d19..92b3c2756 100644
--- a/app/views/albums/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/albums/show.html.haml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   = @album.name 
 
-  -if mine? @album
+  -if current_user.owns? @album
     .button.right#add_photos_button
       = link_to 'Add Photos', '#'
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 .sub_header
   ="updated #{how_long_ago(@album)}"
 
--unless mine? @album
+-unless current_user.owns? @album
   %h4= "by #{@album.person.real_name}"
 
 #thumbnails
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@
 #content_bottom
   .back
     = link_to "⇧ albums", albums_path
-  -if mine? @album
+  -if current_user.owns? @album
     .button.right
       = link_to 'Edit Album', edit_album_path(@album)
diff --git a/app/views/blogs/_blog.html.haml b/app/views/blogs/_blog.html.haml
index 79d0612b3..0a4f79feb 100644
--- a/app/views/blogs/_blog.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/blogs/_blog.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%li.message{:id => post.id, :class => ("mine" if mine?(post))}
+%li.message{:id => post.id, :class => ("mine" if current_user.owns?(post))}
 
   = person_image_tag(post.person)
 
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
     = link_to "show comments (#{post.comments.count})", '#', :class => "show_post_comments"
   = render "comments/comments", :post => post 
 
-  - if mine?(post)
+  - if current_user.owns?(post)
     .destroy_link
       = link_to 'Delete', blog_path(post), :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete, :remote=> true
diff --git a/app/views/bookmarks/_bookmark.html.haml b/app/views/bookmarks/_bookmark.html.haml
index 8356bf91d..dd0dffce9 100644
--- a/app/views/bookmarks/_bookmark.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/bookmarks/_bookmark.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%li.message{:id => post.id, :class => ("mine" if mine?(post))}
+%li.message{:id => post.id, :class => ("mine" if current_user.owns?(post))}
 
   = person_image_tag(post.person)
 
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@
     = link_to "show comments (#{post.comments.count})", '#', :class => "show_post_comments"
   = render "comments/comments", :post => post 
 
-  - if mine?(post)
+  - if current_user.owns?(post)
     .destroy_link
       = link_to 'Delete', bookmark_path(post), :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete, :remote => true
diff --git a/app/views/photos/edit.html.haml b/app/views/photos/edit.html.haml
index c849b43b7..baeb82a3d 100644
--- a/app/views/photos/edit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/photos/edit.html.haml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   #content_bottom
     .back
       = link_to "⇧ #{@album.name}", album_path(@album)
-    -if mine? @album
+    -if current_user.owns? @album
       .button.right
         = link_to 'Delete Photo', @photo, :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete
 
diff --git a/app/views/photos/show.html.haml b/app/views/photos/show.html.haml
index d08790650..f1956ee4d 100644
--- a/app/views/photos/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/photos/show.html.haml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   #content_bottom
     .back
       = link_to "⇧ #{@album.name}", album_path(@album)
-    -if mine? @album
+    -if current_user.owns? @album
       .button.right
         = link_to 'Delete Photo', @photo, :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete
 
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_post_wrapper.haml b/app/views/shared/_post_wrapper.haml
index bdba9db70..a65866a08 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_post_wrapper.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_post_wrapper.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%li.message{:id => post.id, :class => ("mine" if mine?(post))}
+%li.message{:id => post.id, :class => ("mine" if current_user.owns?(post))}
   = person_image_link(post.person)
   = yield post_yield_tag(post)
-  = = render type_partial(post), :post => post
\ No newline at end of file
+  = = render type_partial(post), :post => post
diff --git a/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml b/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml
index 5681e9753..adb774cd6 100644
--- a/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%li.message{:id => post.id, :class => ("mine" if mine?(post))}
+%li.message{:id => post.id, :class => ("mine" if current_user.owns?(post))}
 
   = person_image_link(post.person)
 
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
     = link_to "show comments (#{post.comments.count})", '#', :class => "show_post_comments"
   = render   "comments/comments", :post => post 
 
-  - if mine?(post)
+  - if current_user.owns?(post)
     .destroy_link
       = link_to 'Delete', status_message_path(post), :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete, :remote => true