There are some interesting conversations going on about refactoring in VB that shouldn't be missed from the VB team.

http://www.panopticoncentral.net/PermaLink.aspx/9bd4cecd-1dee-4175-bb36-396a0b196b18 (first post)

http://www.panopticoncentral.net/PermaLink.aspx/71832517-63bc-4926-877b-ef78d930c61b (follow-up post)