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On the 12th day of FiXmas my handyman fixed for me…

On the 12th day of FiXmas my handyman fixed for me… 12 toilets running11 walls a cracking10 drains a leaking9 pictures hanging8 lights a blinking7 storm doors slamming6 tiles a laying5 wax toilet ringssss………4 falling shelves3 French doors2 slow-draining tubsand an off-track door on a pantryyyy……… WOW is all I can say. That FiXmas classic … Read more

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like FiXmas

The tell-tale signs are all around us. Your favorite radio station just switched to Christmas music, Schnucks is pushing whole turkeys. Furniture stores are running semi-annual going-out-of-business sales. This can only mean one thing – the FiXmas season is upon us. Sure, it’s the season of gratitude, joy, goodwill to men, blah, blah, blah, yadda, … Read more

The Guests are Coming! The Guests are Coming!

(Loosely based on “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) Listen ye homeowners and you shall hear,That the holidays are drawing near.Soon Thanksgiving, then December twenty-five;Hardly a homeowner is now alive,Who’s not dreading guest visits this year.Guests will arrive by land, and some by air,Only to find their host’s home in disrepair.Causing said host’s reputation … Read more

Team of Dr Frankenstein’s can bring your front yard monsters to life

Whether it’s an encouraging sign of American innovation, or a distressing sign of cultural decay, there’s no question something has been happening lately to the great American front lawn. Seems like overnight we jumped from bird baths, small statues of Mary, and an occasional pink flamingo to gigantic, holiday-themed, animated characters, with no noticeable regard … Read more

Who’s gonna ‘Make American Toilets Great Again’ so WE don’t have to?

Once upon a time, after Americans pressed the lever on a toilet, they immediately walked away. They didn’t stare inside the bowl to make sure everything went down. They didn’t listen in from the next room for a minute or two until the water stopped running. They didn’t buy a plunger for every toilet, then … Read more

Why We Wouldn’t Creep-out Hillary

This week on the news, we all heard some quotes from Hillary Clinton’s upcoming book. And like everything else in the world, it got me thinking about Fix St Louis and the handyman business. Secretary Clinton is claiming that at the Wash U. debate Donald Trump invaded her personal space. “It was incredibly uncomfortable,” she … Read more