diff --git a/spec/factories.rb b/spec/factories.rb
index 32d747937..948f8dc93 100644
--- a/spec/factories.rb
+++ b/spec/factories.rb
@@ -7,15 +7,19 @@
 # http://railscasts.com/episodes/158-factories-not-fixtures
 #This inclsion, because gpg-agent(not needed) is never run and hence never sets any env. variables on a MAC
 
+def r_str
+  ActiveSupport::SecureRandom.hex(3)
+end
+
 Factory.define :profile do |p|
-  p.sequence(:first_name){|n| "Robert#{n}"}
-  p.sequence(:last_name){|n| "Grimm#{n}"}
+  p.sequence(:first_name){|n| "Robert#{n}#{r_str}"}
+  p.sequence(:last_name){|n| "Grimm#{n}#{r_str}"}
 end
 
 
 Factory.define :person do |p|
-  p.sequence(:diaspora_handle) {|n| "bob-person-#{n}@aol.com"}
-  p.sequence(:url)  {|n| "http://google-#{n}.com/"}
+  p.sequence(:diaspora_handle) {|n| "bob-person-#{n}#{r_str}@aol.com"}
+  p.sequence(:url)  {|n| "http://google-#{n}#{r_str}.com/"}
   p.profile Factory.create(:profile, :first_name => "eugene", :last_name => "weinstien")
 
   p.serialized_public_key OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.generate(1024).public_key.export
@@ -27,8 +31,8 @@ Factory.define :album do |p|
 end
 
 Factory.define :user do |u|
-  u.sequence(:username) {|n| "bob#{n}"}
-  u.sequence(:email) {|n| "bob#{n}@pivotallabs.com"}
+  u.sequence(:username) {|n| "bob#{n}#{r_str}"}
+  u.sequence(:email) {|n| "bob#{n}#{r_str}@pivotallabs.com"}
   u.password "bluepin7"
   u.password_confirmation "bluepin7"
   u.serialized_private_key  OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.generate(1024).export
diff --git a/spec/helper_methods.rb b/spec/helper_methods.rb
index cc8689924..116f54bb4 100644
--- a/spec/helper_methods.rb
+++ b/spec/helper_methods.rb
@@ -82,4 +82,34 @@ module HelperMethods
   def evan_hcard
     File.open(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/fixtures/evan_hcard').read
   end
+
+  def build_user_fixtures
+    arr = []
+    10.times do
+      user = Factory :user
+      person = user.person
+      arr << { :user => user.to_mongo, :person => person.to_mongo}
+    end
+    arr
+  end
+
+  def regenerate_user_fixtures
+    users = {:users => build_user_fixtures}
+    File.open(File.join(Rails.root,"spec/fixtures/users.yaml"),'w') do |file|
+      file.write(users.to_yaml)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def save_user_fixtures
+    yaml_users = YAML.load_file(File.join(Rails.root,"spec/fixtures/users.yaml"))
+    db = MongoMapper.database
+    people = db.collection("people")
+    users = db.collection("users")
+    yaml_users[:users].each do |yaml_user|
+      user = yaml_user[:user]
+      person = yaml_user[:person]
+      users.insert(user)
+      people.insert(person)
+    end
+  end
 end