try:
sed "s/me/`whoami`/"

single quotes are passed without being interpreted by the shell, doubles have
the text between them interpreted.

Kevin spoke forth with the blessed manuscript:
> Silly sed question.  And me without my sed book handy.  :(
> 
> $ echo sed-hates-me
> sed-hates-me
> 
> $ echo sed-hates-me | sed 's/me/`whoami`/'
> sed-hates-`whoami`
> 
> Doh!  Shouldn't this work?  I was expecting output like this:
> 
> sed-hates-kevin
> 
> ...Kevin
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