Names changed to protect the guilty.

active_virtus.rb

class ThingyThing
  include Virtus
  extend ActiveModel::Naming
  include ActiveModel::Validations
  include ActiveModel::Conversion

  attribute :thing, thing

  def persisted?
    false
  end

  validate do
    unless thing.valid?
      thing.errors.each do |key, value|
        errors[key] << value
      end
    end
  end

  def save
    unless valid?
      Rails.logger.warn("ERROR - #{errors.inspect}")
      return false
    end
    thing.save
    rescue => e
      Rails.logger.error "----------"
      Rails.logger.error e
      Rails.logger.warn("ERROR - #{errors.inspect}")
      false
  end
end