title: Rails 3: Get Random Record
body: <p>So, I've found several examples for finding a random record in Rails 2 -- the preferred method seems to be:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Thing.find :first, :offset =&gt; rand(Thing.count)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Being something of a newbie I'm not sure how this could be constructed using the new find syntax in Rails 3.</p>
  
  <p>So, what's the "Rails 3 Way" to find a random record?</p>