I made the mistake of reading the comments on the Elements of Clunk article.

There were a number comments in this vein:

I hesitate to disagree with a professor of English, but I would definitely say "with him who can make it". To me, it sounds ungrammatical to say "with he", regardless of whether the pronoun is followed by an adjectival clause.

Dear Commenter:

One point of the article was that students make errors because they go by how something sounds. While the sentence is awkward, the phrase "he who can make it" is the object of the preposition and such phrases go by the same rules as sentences.

Also, neener, neener.

Signed, The Grammar Police

Good luck, Kate!

Y'know, for someone who wanted to be slothlike, I've gotten a lot done in the two-and-a-bit hours I've been out of bed. Lots of email back-and-forth about my upcoming new job and about setting up a social event. I would like some sparkly pink stars now, thanks.

Thanks, y'all!

In other news, where on earth does one look for a new blank checkbook? I've always gotten mine with the checks themselves, but now I need a new one and I have about 80,000 unused checks left, so I'm not about to order more just to get a new checkbook. But where else can I get one? Will I have to stop by the bank, which means leaving work before they close, or do they sell them at Staples or somewhere like that?

Places like Target or Amazon usually have them--just look for checkbook cover

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Thanks, Perkins, but I actually need the blank book inside, not the pretty cover! I think part of the problem is that I'm not sure what the blank book itself is called. A ledger, maybe?

Much nothing~ma to you, Kate.

Work's kept me hopping the last couple of days. After two weeks where not much happened here, I'm kinda glad things are picking back up.

Amazon seems to think they're called "transaction registers," which I'm fairly sure I would not have come up with on my own, but mostly wants to sell me ones for people with vision problems. Hmm.

I can think of one thing I've heard of people bleaching, and if it's that ... Ew.

Well, definite ew. Word on the street was that Lara Flynn Boyle bleached her anus for Jack's viewing pleasure while they were together.

I saw her in a store once, and the two thoughts going through my head were "You're TEENY" and "Ow!"

People, where are you? Two o'clock meeting! You suck without me there. Sheesh.

ita, EW.

I had hoped not to learn that.

In other news, the Prop 8 case just got kicked back to the California Supreme Court by the Ninth Circuit on a question of standing. To wit: if the state government refuses to defend the proposition, do the proponents of the proposition (i.e., the homophobes) have standing to defend it from being overturned?

If the CA Supremes say "no," Prop 8 stays overturned, because it's a question of state law. If they say, "yes," then it goes back to the Ninth Circuit and will eventually end up at the Supreme Court. Where I don't want to think what Justice Scalia will do, because he apparently thinks the 14th Amendment doesn't prohibit gender discrimination.

Oh, I kinda sent them the wrong con call number.

I SUCK.

I had hoped not to learn that.

I live to share.