After a little headline-surfing ( we gotta talk Montgomery brawl, after all ...), I got to sit down with my good friend David Alexander, president and co-founder of local upscale barber chain, American Haircuts. He's also an actor - having played in several television shows and notable movies the last twelve years - everything from 'Hillbilly Elegy' to 'House of Cards' and 'Abrahama Lincoln vs. Zombies' (sorry Dave; it was right there for me ...). I like to think of him as "that guy in that thing ..." we've all bumped into someone who's done movie & TV roles but their names escaped us. Our response is usually "hey, aren't you that guy in that thing?"

With the Writers' Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild strikes effectively shutting down Hollywood, I wanted to spend time discussing the situation with Dave. I mean, he's not only a SAG-AFTRA member, but he's also a small businessman, so his perspective is a pretty interesting one to hear from in a "labor v. management" dispute.