diff --git a/app/controllers/blogs_controller.rb b/app/controllers/blogs_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4bf80484
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/blogs_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+class BlogsController < ApplicationController
+  before_filter :authenticate_user!
+
+
+  def index
+    @blogs = Blog.all
+  end
+  
+  def show
+    @blog = Blog.find(params[:id])
+  end
+  
+  def new
+    @blog = Blog.new
+  end
+  
+  def create
+    @blog = Blog.new(params[:blog])
+    if @blog.save
+      flash[:notice] = "Successfully created blog."
+      redirect_to @blog
+    else
+      render :action => 'new'
+    end
+  end
+  
+  def edit
+    @blog = Blog.find(params[:id])
+  end
+  
+  def update
+    @blog = Blog.find(params[:id])
+    if @blog.update_attributes(params[:blog])
+      flash[:notice] = "Successfully updated blog."
+      redirect_to @blog
+    else
+      render :action => 'edit'
+    end
+  end
+  
+  def destroy
+    @blog = Blog.find(params[:id])
+    @blog.destroy
+    flash[:notice] = "Successfully destroyed blog."
+    redirect_to blogs_url
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/helpers/blogs_helper.rb b/app/helpers/blogs_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc0dbd200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/blogs_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+module BlogsHelper
+end
diff --git a/app/models/blog.rb b/app/models/blog.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd49ac248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/blog.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+class Blog
+  include Mongoid::Document
+  include Mongoid::Timestamps
+  include ROXML
+  
+  xml_accessor :title
+  xml_accessor :body
+  xml_accessor :owner
+
+  
+  field :title
+  field :body
+  field :owner
+  
+  validates_presence_of :title, :body
+  
+  before_create :set_default_owner
+  
+  def self.newest(owner_email)
+    Blog.last(:conditions => {:owner => owner_email})
+  end
+  
+  def self.my_newest
+    Blog.newest(User.first.email)
+  end
+  
+  protected
+  
+  def set_default_owner
+    self.owner ||= User.first.email   
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/status_message.rb b/app/models/status_message.rb
index a23325a7f..7d78ce805 100644
--- a/app/models/status_message.rb
+++ b/app/models/status_message.rb
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ class StatusMessage
   before_create :set_default_owner
   
   def self.newest(owner_email)
-  
     StatusMessage.last(:conditions => {:owner => owner_email})
- 
   end
   
   def self.my_newest
diff --git a/app/views/blogs/_form.html.haml b/app/views/blogs/_form.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5651e1eb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/blogs/_form.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+- form_for @blog do |f|
+  = f.error_messages
+  %p
+    = f.label :title
+    %br
+    = f.text_field :title
+  %p
+    = f.label :body
+    %br
+    = f.text_area :body
+  %p
+    = f.submit
diff --git a/app/views/blogs/edit.html.haml b/app/views/blogs/edit.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29c83d2f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/blogs/edit.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+- title "Edit Blog"
+
+= render 'form'
+
+%p
+  = link_to "Show", blog_path(@blog)
+  |
+  = link_to "View All", blogs_path
diff --git a/app/views/blogs/index.html.haml b/app/views/blogs/index.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40eccd014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/blogs/index.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+- title "Blogs"
+
+%table
+  %tr
+    %th Title
+    %th Body
+    %th Owner
+  - for blog in @blogs
+    %tr
+      %td= blog.title
+      %td= blog.body
+      %td= blog.owner
+      %td= link_to 'Show', blog
+      %td= link_to 'Edit', edit_blog_path(blog)
+      %td= link_to 'Destroy', blog, :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete
+
+%p= link_to "New Blog", new_blog_path
diff --git a/app/views/blogs/new.html.haml b/app/views/blogs/new.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f2a42ea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/blogs/new.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+- title "New Blog"
+
+= render 'form'
+
+%p= link_to "Back to List", blogs_path
diff --git a/app/views/blogs/show.html.haml b/app/views/blogs/show.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b08a6c73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/blogs/show.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+- title "Blog"
+
+%p
+  %strong Title:
+  = @blog.title
+%p
+  %strong Body:
+  = @blog.body
+%p
+  %strong Owner:
+  = @blog.owner
+
+%p
+  = link_to "Edit", edit_blog_path(@blog)
+  |
+  = link_to "Destroy", @blog, :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete
+  |
+  = link_to "View All", blogs_path
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index b0e330ead..7f48e98b5 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
           %li= link_to "Status Messages", status_messages_path
           %li= link_to "Friends", friends_path
           %li= link_to "Bookmarks", bookmarks_path
+          %li= link_to "Blogs", blogs_path 
 
     .container
       - if show_title?
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index edcead33d..9f7998572 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 Diaspora::Application.routes.draw do |map|
+  resources :blogs
+
   resources :bookmarks
 
   resources :friends
diff --git a/spec/controllers/blogs_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/blogs_controller_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71c503ccb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/controllers/blogs_controller_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
+ 
+describe BlogsController do
+  before do
+    #TODO(dan) Mocking Warden; this is a temp fix
+    request.env['warden'] = mock_model(Warden, :authenticate? => @user, :authenticate! => @user)
+    User.create(:email => "bob@aol.com", :password => "secret")
+    Blog.create(:title => "hello", :body => "sir")
+  end
+
+ render_views 
+  
+  it "index action should render index template" do
+    get :index
+    response.should render_template(:index)
+  end
+  
+  it "show action should render show template" do
+    get :show, :id => Blog.first.id
+    response.should render_template(:show)
+  end
+  
+  it "new action should render new template" do
+    get :new
+    response.should render_template(:new)
+  end
+  
+  it "create action should render new template when model is invalid" do
+    Blog.any_instance.stubs(:valid?).returns(false)
+
+    post :create
+    response.should render_template(:new)
+  end
+  
+  it "create action should redirect when model is valid" do
+    Blog.any_instance.stubs(:valid?).returns(true)
+    post :create
+    response.should redirect_to(blog_url(assigns[:blog]))
+  end
+  
+  it "edit action should render edit template" do
+    get :edit, :id => Blog.first.id
+    response.should render_template(:edit)
+  end
+  
+  it "update action should render edit template when model is invalid" do
+    Blog.any_instance.stubs(:valid?).returns(false)
+    put :update, :id => Blog.first.id
+    response.should render_template(:edit)
+  end
+  
+  it "update action should redirect when model is valid" do
+    #TODO(dan) look into why we need to create a new bookmark object here
+    Blog.any_instance.stubs(:valid?).returns(true)
+    n = Blog.create
+
+    put :update, :id => n.id
+    response.should redirect_to(blog_url(assigns[:blog]))
+  end
+  
+  it "destroy action should destroy model and redirect to index action" do
+    blog = Blog.first
+    delete :destroy, :id => blog.id
+    response.should redirect_to(blogs_url)
+    Blog.first(:conditions => {:id => blog.id }).nil?.should be true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/bookmarks_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/bookmarks_controller_spec.rb
index 32604ec0e..37183c34b 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/bookmarks_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/bookmarks_controller_spec.rb
@@ -13,48 +13,36 @@ describe BookmarksController do
   render_views
   
   it "index action should render index template" do
-    request.env['warden'].should_receive(:authenticate?).at_least(:once)
-    
     get :index
     response.should render_template(:index)
   end
   
   it "edit action should render edit template" do
-    request.env['warden'].should_receive(:authenticate?).at_least(:once)
-    
     get :edit, :id => Bookmark.first.id
     response.should render_template(:edit)
   end
   
   it "update action should render edit template when model is invalid" do
-    request.env['warden'].should_receive(:authenticate?).at_least(:once)
-    
     Bookmark.any_instance.stubs(:valid?).returns(false)
     put :update, :id => Bookmark.first.id
     response.should render_template(:edit)
   end
   
   it "update action should redirect when model is valid" do
-    
     #TODO(dan) look into why we need to create a new bookmark object here
     Bookmark.any_instance.stubs(:valid?).returns(true)
     n = Factory.create(:bookmark, :link => "http://hotub.com")
     n.save 
-    #puts n.inspect
     put :update, :id => Bookmark.first.id
     response.should redirect_to(bookmark_url(assigns[:bookmark]))
   end
   
   it "show action should render show template" do
-    request.env['warden'].should_receive(:authenticate?).at_least(:once)
-    
     get :show, :id => Bookmark.first.id
     response.should render_template(:show)
   end
   
   it "create action should render new template when model is invalid" do
-    request.env['warden'].should_receive(:authenticate?).at_least(:once)
-    
     Bookmark.any_instance.stubs(:valid?).returns(false)
     post :create
     response.should render_template(:new)
@@ -67,8 +55,6 @@ describe BookmarksController do
   end
   
   it "new action should render new template" do
-    request.env['warden'].should_receive(:authenticate?).at_least(:once)
-    
     get :new
     response.should render_template(:new)
   end
@@ -78,6 +64,5 @@ describe BookmarksController do
     delete :destroy, :id => bookmark.id
     response.should redirect_to(bookmarks_url)
     Bookmark.first(:conditions => {:id => bookmark.id }).nil?.should be true
-    
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/friends_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/friends_controller_spec.rb
index 4c51d7497..7f6fe491a 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/friends_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/friends_controller_spec.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ describe FriendsController do
   end
   
   it "index action should render index template" do
-    request.env['warden'].should_receive(:authenticate?).at_least(:once)
     get :index
     response.should render_template(:index)
   end
@@ -29,13 +28,11 @@ describe FriendsController do
   end
    
   it "new action should render new template" do
-    request.env['warden'].should_receive(:authenticate?).at_least(:once)
     get :new
     response.should render_template(:new)
   end
   
   it "create action should render new template when model is invalid" do
-    request.env['warden'].should_receive(:authenticate?).at_least(:once)
     Friend.any_instance.stubs(:valid?).returns(false)
     post :create
     response.should render_template(:new)
diff --git a/spec/controllers/status_messages_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/status_messages_controller_spec.rb
index 516de5aab..22d080fe0 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/status_messages_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/status_messages_controller_spec.rb
@@ -13,13 +13,11 @@ describe StatusMessagesController do
   render_views
   
   it "index action should render index template" do
-    request.env['warden'].should_receive(:authenticate?).at_least(:once)
     get :index
     response.should render_template(:index)
   end
   
   it "create action should render new template when model is invalid" do
-    request.env['warden'].should_receive(:authenticate?).at_least(:once)
     
     StatusMessage.any_instance.stubs(:valid?).returns(false)
     post :create
@@ -33,7 +31,6 @@ describe StatusMessagesController do
   end
   
   it "new action should render new template" do
-    request.env['warden'].should_receive(:authenticate?).at_least(:once)
     
     get :new
     response.should render_template(:new)
diff --git a/spec/models/blogs_spec.rb b/spec/models/blogs_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce3e5f9a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/blogs_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
+
+describe Blog do
+  it "should have a title and body" do    
+    n = Blog.new
+    n.valid?.should be false
+    n.title = "jimmy"
+    n.valid?.should be false
+    n.body = "wales"
+    n.valid?.should be true
+  end
+  
+  it "should add an owner if none is present" do
+    User.create(:email => "bob@aol.com", :password => "big bux")
+    n = Blog.create(:title => "kittens", :body => "puppies!")
+    n.owner.should == "bob@aol.com"
+  end
+  
+  
+  describe "newest" do
+    before do
+      User.create(:email => "bob@aol.com", :password => "diggity")
+      Blog.create(:title => "bone dawg", :body => "wale for jimmy", :owner => "xzibit@dawgz.com")
+      Blog.create(:title => "dawg bone", :body => "jimmy wales")
+      Blog.create(:title => "bone dawg", :body => "jimmy your wales", :owner => "some@dudes.com")  
+      Blog.create(:title => "dawg bone", :body => "lions", :owner => "xzibit@dawgz.com")
+      Blog.create(:title => "bone dawg", :body => "bears")
+      Blog.create(:title => "dawg bone", :body => "sharks", :owner => "some@dudes.com")
+      Blog.create(:title => "bone dawg", :body => "roar")
+    end
+  
+    it "should give the most recent blog title and body from owner" do
+      blog = Blog.my_newest
+      blog.title.should == "bone dawg"
+      blog.body.should == "roar"
+    end
+    
+    it "should give the most recent blog body for a given email" do
+      blog = Blog.newest("some@dudes.com")
+      blog.title.should == "dawg bone"
+      blog.body.should == "sharks"
+    end
+  end
+  
+  describe "XML" do
+    before do
+      @xml = "<blog>\n  <title>yessir</title>\n  <body>I hate WALRUSES!</body>\n  <owner>Bob</owner>\n</blog>" 
+    end
+      
+    it 'should serialize to XML' do
+      body = Blog.create(:title => "yessir", :body => "I hate WALRUSES!", :owner => "Bob")
+      body.to_xml.to_s.should == @xml
+    end
+  
+    it 'should marshal serialized XML to object' do       
+      parsed = Blog.from_xml(@xml)
+      parsed.body.should == "I hate WALRUSES!"
+      parsed.owner.should == "Bob"
+    end
+  end
+end