title: create new object in rails
body: <p>I can't find a good example of this, so please point me in the right direction.</p>
  
  <p>I want to create an object from scratch with 2 attributes abbr and name</p>
  
  <p>I am trying to make an object with the 50 states and DC.  Since I don't see this list changing every often, I don't see a need for a database, maybe I am wrong.</p>
  
  <p>I have tried the following without success:</p>
  
  <pre><code>new_state = Object.new        
  new_state.abbr = state[:abbr]     
  new_state.name = state[:name]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and I get <code>undefined method abbr=' for #&lt;Object:0x00000006763008&gt;</code> </p>
  
  <p>What am I doing wrong?</p>