diff --git a/app/models/fb_status.rb b/app/models/fb_status.rb
index d1a57ef9a..367549c1b 100644
--- a/app/models/fb_status.rb
+++ b/app/models/fb_status.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ class FbStatus
 
   def self.from_api(json)
     hash = JSON.parse(json)
-    self.create( 
+    #just keeping them in memory for now
+    self.new( 
                   :graph_id     => hash['id'],
                   :author_id    => hash['from']['id']
                   :author_name  => hash['from']['name'],
diff --git a/app/views/aspects/public.html.haml b/app/views/aspects/public.html.haml
index def45bc7c..b760c9215 100644
--- a/app/views/aspects/public.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/aspects/public.html.haml
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 %ul#stream
   - for post in @posts
     = render type_partial(post), :post => post unless post.class == Album
+  - if @logged_in
+    - MiniFB.get(@access_token, 'me', :type => "feed").each do |item|
+      - if item['type'] == 'status'
+        = render "fb_status", :post => FbStatus.from_api()
+
 #pagination
   = will_paginate @posts
 
diff --git a/app/views/fb_status/_fb_status.html.haml b/app/views/fb_status/_fb_status.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30ec62652
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/fb_status/_fb_status.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+-#   Copyright (c) 2010, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
+-#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3.  See
+-#   the COPYRIGHT file.
+
+
+%li.message{:id => post.id, :class => ("mine" if current_user.owns?(post))}
+
+  = image_tag( "http://graph.facebook.com/#{post.author_id}/picture" )
+
+  .content
+    %span.from
+      = post.author_name 
+      = post.message