Thanks to my friend Mark Allen—Editor Mark, as he is known on Twitter—for inviting me to be on the premiere episode of “That Chat Show,” an online series about words for nerds. Mark and I made notes and had a rehearsal and did our best with the technology, but of course there were a few foul-ups. I wanted to do my imitation of Julia Child in the kitchen, and then change into my caftan and belt out a torch song, but I was only able to smash enough garlic to make my apartment reek all night and into the next day. Mark plans to edit our talk for YouTube. I’ll post it here, as well as links to the next episodes.