Alternative to Fig Leaf

post.rb

class Post
  delegate :errors, :valid?, :save, :to => @record

  @@persistance = Class.new(ActiveRecord::Base) do
    set_table_name 'posts'

    def self.name
      'PostRecord'
    end
  end

  def self.most_recent(limit=10)
    @@persistence.all(order: "pubdate DESC", limit: limit)
  end

  def self.find(id)
    Post.new(@@persistence.find(id))
  end

  def initialize(object_or_hash = {})
    @record = object_or_hash === @@persistence ? object_or_hash : @@persistence.new(object_or_hash)
  end

end