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src="/web/20090112092726im_/http://encarta.msn.com/othermedia/features/images/authors/hdsht_mb.jpg " alt="Martha Brockenbrough"></div> <div class="Title_6">Columnist Martha Brockenbrough</div> <div class="Body_6">In her columns, Martha takes an offbeat look at the big, crazy world around us.</div> <div class="Body_6">Martha Brockenbrough is the author of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090112092726/http://shopping.msn.com/content/featured-book-things-that-make-us-sic/ctid4835/?contenttext=contentname:featured-book-things-that-make-us-sic&ptnrid=8&ptnrdata=24910">"Things That Make Us [Sic],"</a> a guide to funny bad grammar. She is also the founder of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090112092726/http://spogg.org/">SPOGG</a>, the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar.</div> <div class="Sep_6"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" src="/web/20090112092726im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" colspan="3"><img alt="" height="10" src="/web/20090112092726im_/http://encarta.msn.com/xImages/trans.gif"></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" colspan="3"> <div class="Module_6"><div class="Title_6">Featured Column:</div> <div class="Image_R_6"><img width="141" height="106" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090112092726im_/http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/video/T059376A.jsm " alt="Flamingo colony (Image credit: BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.)"></div> <div class="Link_6"><a href="/web/20090112092726/http://encarta.msn.com/column_animaldatingmain_marthahome/When_All_Else_Fails_Dating_Tips_From_the_Animal_Kingdom.html">When All Else Fails: Dating Tips From the Animal Kingdom</a></div> <div class="Body_6">How do animals stand out from the crowd to attract the perfect mate? 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