The perks and pitfalls of celebrity

When writing a column, way too often, I start on a topic and as I put the idea in words, I find myself waylaid by another theme. Then I realize I want to do a column on the new concept.

So the other day I was talking about the column I was writing and the person I was in conversation said, “You are becoming a bit of a celebrity.”

“Huh?”

Truthfully, I get why, in context, the statement was made, but it started that train of thought that produces columns. So goodbye column on what I was writing and hello column on celebrity.

What is celebrity exactly?

An online dictionary defines celebrity as a...