diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 8f325e5ca83dd637fbf84cd11ebd794ca7871413..20a7f252c6dd55b0aaa3eef950662e378ebce09d 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ GEM
       activesupport (= 3.0.1)
     activesupport (3.0.1)
     addressable (2.2.2)
+    archive-tar-minitar (0.5.2)
     arel (1.0.1)
       activesupport (~> 3.0.0)
     aws (2.3.22)
@@ -184,7 +185,8 @@ GEM
     launchy (0.3.7)
       configuration (>= 0.0.5)
       rake (>= 0.8.1)
-    linecache (0.43)
+    linecache19 (0.5.11)
+      ruby_core_source (>= 0.1.4)
     mail (2.2.7)
       activesupport (>= 2.3.6)
       mime-types
@@ -259,11 +261,16 @@ GEM
       rspec-expectations (~> 2.0.1)
     rspec-rails (2.0.1)
       rspec (~> 2.0.0)
-    ruby-debug (0.10.3)
-      columnize (>= 0.1)
-      ruby-debug-base (~> 0.10.3.0)
-    ruby-debug-base (0.10.3)
-      linecache (>= 0.3)
+    ruby-debug-base19 (0.11.24)
+      columnize (>= 0.3.1)
+      linecache19 (>= 0.5.11)
+      ruby_core_source (>= 0.1.4)
+    ruby-debug19 (0.11.6)
+      columnize (>= 0.3.1)
+      linecache19 (>= 0.5.11)
+      ruby-debug-base19 (>= 0.11.19)
+    ruby_core_source (0.1.4)
+      archive-tar-minitar (>= 0.5.2)
     rubyzip (0.9.4)
     selenium-webdriver (0.0.29)
       childprocess (>= 0.0.7)
@@ -324,7 +331,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   roxml!
   rspec (>= 2.0.0)
   rspec-rails (>= 2.0.0)
-  ruby-debug
+  ruby-debug19
   sprinkle!
   thin
   webmock
diff --git a/app/models/fb_status.rb b/app/models/fb_status.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 7076cbd3138b0b72f1951d8ea46824dc40ae93fa..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/models/fb_status.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#   Copyright (c) 2010, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
-#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
-#   the COPYRIGHT file.
-
-
-class FbStatus
-  include MongoMapper::Document
-
-  key :graph_id, String
-  key :author_id, String
-  key :author_name, String
-  key :message, String
-  key :updated_time, Time
-
-  timestamps!
-
-  validates_presence_of :graph_id,:author_id,:author_name,:message,:updated_time
-
-  def self.from_api(hash)
-    #just keeping them in memory for now
-    self.new(
-                  :graph_id     => hash['id'],
-                  :author_id    => hash['from']['id'],
-                  :author_name  => hash['from']['name'],
-                  :message      => hash['message'],
-                  :updated_time => Time.parse(hash['updated_time'])
-            )
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/factories.rb b/spec/factories.rb
index 8d0b76aee2593b9a50b8fc31bf25c64bf520a666..982a3a07e16c291cac6d52e6895a2da1121bb042 100644
--- a/spec/factories.rb
+++ b/spec/factories.rb
@@ -71,10 +71,3 @@ end
 
 Factory.define(:comment) {}
 
-Factory.define :fb_status do |s|
-   s.graph_id "367501354973"
-   s.author_name "Bret Taylor"
-   s.author_id "220439"
-   s.message "Pigs run from our house in fear. Tonight, I am wrapping the pork tenderloin in bacon and putting pancetta in the corn."
-   s.updated_time Time.parse "2010-03-06T02:57:48+0000"
-end
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/fb_status b/spec/fixtures/fb_status
deleted file mode 100644
index 5602e8343c35a4be0ccd9bb10b846de4773fd4eb..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/spec/fixtures/fb_status
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-{
-   "id": "367501354973",
-   "from": {
-      "name": "Bret Taylor",
-      "id": "220439"
-   },
-   "message": "Pigs run from our house in fear. Tonight, I am wrapping the pork tenderloin in bacon and putting pancetta in the corn.",
-   "updated_time": "2010-03-06T02:57:48+0000",
-   "likes": {
-      "data": [
-         {
-            "id": "29906278",
-            "name": "Ross Miller"
-         }
-      ]
-   },
-   "comments": {
-      "data": [
-         {
-            "id": "367501354973_12216733",
-            "from": {
-               "name": "Doug Edwards",
-               "id": "628675309"
-            },
-            "message": "Make sure you don't, as they say, go whole hog...\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4wTFuaV8VQ",
-            "created_time": "2010-03-06T03:24:46+0000"
-         },
-         {
-            "id": "367501354973_12249673",
-            "from": {
-               "name": "Tom Taylor",
-               "id": "1249191863"
-            },
-            "message": "Are you and Karen gonna, as they say, pig out?",
-            "created_time": "2010-03-06T21:05:21+0000"
-         },
-         {
-            "id": "367501354973_12249857",
-            "from": {
-               "name": "Sheila Taylor",
-               "id": "1315606682"
-            },
-            "message": "how did it turn out?  Sounds nummy!\n",
-            "created_time": "2010-03-06T21:10:30+0000"
-         },
-         {
-            "id": "367501354973_12250973",
-            "from": {
-               "name": "Bret Taylor",
-               "id": "220439"
-            },
-            "message": "Mom: turned out well. Sauce was good as well: pan sauce with mustard, balsamic, onion, and maple syrup. Surprisingly good in the end, and not too sweet, which was my concern. ",
-            "created_time": "2010-03-06T21:44:53+0000"
-         },
-         {
-            "id": "367501354973_12251276",
-            "from": {
-               "name": "Sheila Taylor",
-               "id": "1315606682"
-            },
-            "message": "Sounds delicious!  I probably would have skipped the maple syrup, but I am not married to a Canadian :)\n\nSheila Taylor\n(925) 818-7795\nP.O. Box 938\nGlen Ellen, CA 95442\nwww.winecountrytrekking.com",
-            "created_time": "2010-03-06T21:55:12+0000"
-         },
-         {
-            "id": "367501354973_12264435",
-            "from": {
-               "name": "Amelia Ann Arapoff",
-               "id": "1580390378"
-            },
-            "message": "Bacon is always in our refrigerator, in case of need, somehow there is always need.",
-            "created_time": "2010-03-07T05:11:52+0000"
-         }
-      ],
-      "paging": {
-         "previous": "https://graph.facebook.com/367501354973/comments?access_token=2227470867%7C2.wNlupL2HPsOtrlYFBF56NA__.3600.1285354800-100001548997697%7C8lZ_pdgNDvSHYS4o1OkqhdQu6mA&limit=25&since=2010-03-07T05%3A11%3A52%2B0000",
-         "next": "https://graph.facebook.com/367501354973/comments?access_token=2227470867%7C2.wNlupL2HPsOtrlYFBF56NA__.3600.1285354800-100001548997697%7C8lZ_pdgNDvSHYS4o1OkqhdQu6mA&limit=25&until=2010-03-06T03%3A24%3A45%2B0000"
-      }
-   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/lib/encryptor_spec.rb b/spec/lib/encryptor_spec.rb
index e993dac458f6f27af9bf8b22d65935f66bb372ec..3e6df211d032bf0a254cbe7a34d7a35b058524e9 100644
--- a/spec/lib/encryptor_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/encryptor_spec.rb
@@ -42,13 +42,11 @@ describe 'user encryption' do
   end
 
   describe 'encryption' do
-    before do
-      @string = File.open(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../fixtures/fb_status').read
-    end
     it 'should encrypt a string' do
-      ciphertext = @user.encrypt @string
-      ciphertext.include?(@string).should be false
-      @user.decrypt(ciphertext).should == @string
+      string = "Secretsauce"
+      ciphertext = @user.encrypt string
+      ciphertext.include?(string).should be false
+      @user.decrypt(ciphertext).should == string
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/fb_status_spec.rb b/spec/models/fb_status_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d46d9553d85c042865a1b28440ef3a058ae9ae7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/spec/models/fb_status_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-#   Copyright (c) 2010, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
-#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
-#   the COPYRIGHT file.
-
-
-
-require File.join(Rails.root,'spec/spec_helper')
-
-
-describe FbStatus do
-
-  let(:fb_status) { Factory.create :fb_status }
-
-  it 'is valid' do
-    fb_status.should be_valid
-  end
-
-  describe '#from_api' do
-    let!(:json_string) {File.open(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../fixtures/fb_status').read}
-    let!(:json_object) { JSON.parse(json_string) }
-    let!(:status_from_json) {FbStatus.from_api(json_object)}
-
-    it 'has graph_id' do
-      status_from_json.graph_id.should == json_object['id']
-    end
-
-    it 'has author_id' do
-      status_from_json.author_id.should == json_object['from']['id']
-    end
-
-    it 'has author_name' do
-      status_from_json.author_name.should == json_object['from']['name']
-    end
-
-    it 'has message' do
-      status_from_json.message.should == json_object['message']
-    end
-
-    it 'has author_name' do
-      status_from_json.updated_time.should == Time.parse(json_object['updated_time'])
-    end
-  end
-
-end