gistfile1.rbx

class Whatever < ActiveRecord::Base

  class << self
    def find_with_awesome(*args)
      opts = args.extract_options!
      if opts.has_key?(:awesome)
        awesome = opts.delete(:awesome)
        # process something here....
      end
      find_without_awesome(*(args << opts))
    end
    alias_method_chain :find, :awesome
  end

end