$1,000 haircuts

Bushy hair, metaphors, volunteers, shared sacrifice. Also last Friday's thread and 7 other things worth your time.

I have the world’s thickest head of hair, and I was overdue for a cut even before social distancing and all the barber shops and stylists closed.

So, I briefly went down a rabbit hole, looking up, “how to cut your hair at home.”

Let’s stipulate that this would be a bad idea. Besides, I think my daughter will find it funny as I look more and more each day like a cross between Simba in The Lion King and one of the characters from Trolls .

In my online travels, however, I came across a January 2014 article from The Wall Street Journal: Is a $1,000 Haircut and Blow Dry Worth It?

Short answer: No, it’s not. But, the headline stuck with me.

I realized it’s because I’ve talked with dozens of people recently, and I’ve done a lot of interviews, and the word “haircut” has come up quite a few times — but mostly as a metaphor; not in reference to an actual, literal haircut.

Like: “Times are hard, and I’m asking everyone to sacrifice. So, as the boss I’m taking a haircut on my salary to share the pai…