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You should have been at RailsConf '09 where he was a keynote speaker. It seemed half the audience walked out and the chatter on twitter was quite negative ... so, to answer your question, yes.
http://www.railsinside.com/events/285-tim-ferriss-railsconf-2009-keynote.html
I have yet to see a Ruby "DSL" that didn't feel like Ruby
There are some out there though, for eg. FancyRoutes: http://www.railsinside.com/plugins/252-fancyroutes-a-nicer-dsl-for-routes-in-rails.html
http://www.railsinside.com/news/427-gorgeous-blonde-whos-not-dhh-takes-over-official-ruby-on-rails-site.html