Sometimes when I listen to the news, I want to bury my head into the next toilet I need to fix, and never look up again. Like, right now. As I write this, things are not looking so good down at the border. And it seems like all we can do is hope and pray … Read more
You’ve probably learned that most of the home repairs you need, and the jobs most handymen want, are two ENTIRELY DIFFERENT things. You’ve got a list of small jobs, right? It’s a door that doesn’t quite click shut when you close it, a toilet that won’t stop running, a window that drops like a guillotine … Read more
Wasn’t the whole idea behind holidays to give us an opportunity to reflect upon ideals we share as a people? So, what happened? For instance, your humble correspondent wonders what people might say in those man-on-the-street interviews when asked why we celebrate Labor Day. Would they talk about the pain endured by very-late-stage expectant mothers? … Read more
If you women out there had questions about a romantic relationship, your first instinct would not be to seek the advice of your humble correspondent. And, if you learned your significant other was shopping for a Valentine’s Day gift at Home Depot instead of, let’s say, Neiman Marcus, I’d bet you’d be disappointed. If not, … Read more
If you think finding places for storage can be a big problem, you might be comforted to know that no less a figure than the leader of the free world agrees with you. Imagine how dispirited this poor man must have felt when he realized he ran out of space to provide climate-control for his … Read more
It’s not unusual for homeowners to tell us we’re “heroes” for solving their long-running home repair problems — but it hasn’t gone to our heads. While keeping toilets flushing is certainly NECESSARY to sustain Western civilization, we acknowledge that Fix St Louis technicians have made somewhat fewer sacrifices than, let’s say, those at Normandy on … Read more
Really, is there ANYONE who feels intense joy at the very moment they go outside to hang Christmas lights? Sure, we will always have with us a few happy-clappy, eggnog-fueled types who are the exception. But most of us grump about tangled wires, hooks on the house that fell off since last year, running wires … Read more
When I was just a wee little handy-boy, my favorite joke was “how many handymen does it take to change a light bulb?” BWAHAAHAAHAA!!! Yeah, as if you could get a handyman to EVER return your call to change a lightbulb. Funny, but that joke has not been as funny since I started small-job-oriented Fix … Read more
Many years ago, when dinosaurs and your humble correspondent walked the Earth, an early rock group called The Byrds had THIS hit song that started like this: To everything (turn, turn, turn)There is a season (turn, turn, turn)And a time to every purpose, under heavenA time to be born, a time to dieA time to … Read more
In a recent dispatch from the front lines of home repairs, your humble correspondent reported that a surprisingly large number of homeowners leave damaged and stained walls as they are, without ever trying to fix them. While this was dispiriting to yours truly, whose modest calling is to fix things that are broken, I did … Read more