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Boy Does The Wren’s Nest Have a Lot to Say — Twitter Round-up #4

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Twitter round-ups are back!

Take a gander at who the Wren’s Nest (as in, the house itself) has been verbally assaulting lately.  Be sure to follow @thewrensnest on Twitter for the full experience.  You won’t be disappointed.  Unless, of course, you hate hilarity.

Onward!

• For the record, I found TYLER PERRY’S HOUSE OF PAYNE to be terribly misleading.

• Maybe y’all call it Christmas decorating, but I call it gilding the lily.

• A 1977 city guide classified me as “other things” and called my docents “pleasant ladies.”  I give a C+ for effort.

• What’s the proper protocol on a child left here? Is she mine now? Because I could really use an extra set of opposable thumbs.

• Looks like @insideaccess has been chronicling my cronies of late.  How cute. I suppose everyone deserves their 15 minutes.

• Folks may poo-poo elective surgeries, but my bathroom remodel is DIVINE. I haven’t felt this good since 1932!

• I feel a little violated every time a gaggle of English professors visits. What with their drooling and their penetrating eyes.

• The Herndon Home kinda reminds me of myself 3 years ago. I wish that were a compliment.

• The children in my east parlor have never heard anything as hilarious as our storyteller. I’m worried one of them is going to soil my floor.

• Good news: my bathroom’s finally getting re-done. Bad news: the painter says “this place” is full of ghosts. Uh, I have a name, okay guy?

• If Briar Patch cigars wasn’t filled with flammable cigars, I would want to be best friends.  I, too, feel like home!

• There’s a canine beast in my office. Its name appears to be Captain. As a pacifist and non-seaman, I object on principle.

• I’m in a podcast! I think that means an alien version of me will emerge when I fall asleep. Not worried. I don’t sleep.

• Do you lie awake at night wondering what PAUL BLART: MALL COP would look like in my backyard? Feast your eyes!

• Scholar settles claim with James Joyce Estate. Good thing Harris descendants keep their grubby lil hands away from me!  Wait.

• There’s a wedding in my yard today. They better not disturb the delicate equilibrium I’ve established with the woodland creatures.

• If George Thorogood preferred Brer Rabbit to bourbon, scotch, and beer, he mighta sung this song instead:

• To the man who seriously asked, “How did people live in the South before air conditioning?” — your answer.

• Miss Nannie, one of the docents, brought her remote control today instead of her keys. What the hell is a remote control?

• When perfectly useful stadiums are replaced, it reminds you that not only old farts like me need preservin’.

Twitter Updates from the Wren’s Nest #3

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Since no one has cried or thrown a tantrum, we’ve decided to continue posting select Twitter updates here.  Follow @thewrensnest for the complete experience.  There’s a whole chunk of fun that simply wouldn’t make any sense here, and I know how you hate to miss out.

• The Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta are meeting in my backyard to — as I understand it — haze their incoming class. Bring on the paddles!

• Jealous. Video of preservation plans for Governors Island in New York Harbor. Why can’t I have cannons on MY lawn?! Sigh.

• Lizzie Borden’s been trademarked!  Her home now sells official plastic axes and murderous bobbleheads. How gauche.

• The loving restoration of old, beautiful houses and the rebirth of an often-scoffed-at neighborhood reminds me of me.

• I bet Colonial Williamsburg thinks it’s so hip because of its historically accurate coffeehouse. Well, I have rock candy!

• I won’t name names (ahem @scadivyhall) but there used to be only 1 Queen Anne Victorian open to the public near a Krispy Kreme in this town.

• Businessfolks on the porch. I prefer to mix business, pleasure, and periwinkle ceilings.

• Wanna see what my dining room looks like?  Seriously, y’all: grown and sexy.

More to come soon!  Seriously, this house won’t shut up.

Part Two: What This Crazy Old House Has Been Talking About Lately

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And now more recent posts from @thewrensnest on Twitter!  See, I told you the wait would be short.  Dive in!

• Prime plot perfectly pictureworthy! Pity, paltry prospects for Ennis property.  Tis a Frank Lloyd Wright project, people!
  

• Looking for a sweet little ditty to sing on or around the first day of school? Give this charming tune a try!

• Air conditioning is great and all, but let’s be serious: not having it is no reason to raze an Addison Mizner mansion.

• THE ECONOMIST thinks Pres. Obama was born in the Briar Patch. They don’t have conclusive evidence though (KIDDING!).

• Yankee hipsters discover “new vintage.” How quaint! Like when a friend discovers Al Jolson.

• Looks like someone went and got themselves a lil’ ol’ makeover. PAPA LIKEY! http://andalusiafarm.org/

• National Historic Landmark plaque no longer in a corner on the floor? Check!

So: what do you think about putting all of these posts up here?  A good idea?  A bad idea?  An okay idea that really doesn’t affect your life that much?  Do tell!

Part One: We Don’t Want You To Miss A Historic Preservation-Related Thing

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Throughout the week, Lain and I post some pretty darn interesting things (to people who like historic preservation) on a little website I like to call Twitter.  Maybe you’ve heard of it.

We also know that some of you have not jumped on the Twitter bandwagon, and have thus missed those posts.

Not anymore, friend, not anymore.

We’re going to try to regularly round up recent tweets from @thewrensnest.  Expect more links than you can shake a stick at.  Oh, and just so you know, the museum itself speaks in first person on Twitter and has no shortage of opinions.  I hope you enjoy.

Some oldies but goodies to set the mood:

• Typing is hard. Because I’m a house.
• (On Super Bowl Sunday) Note to self: please do not catch on fire today.
  
• What happens when you have fresh paint on your outside and there’s a tornado warning? I’m about to find out.

• Drat! The humans found my 45 star flags. I still don’t trust that Oklahoma.

• ATL Alleycat Black History Bike Race used me as one of their checkpoints. Thanks, humans.

More (recent posts) to come shortly!