diff -ur HTML-FormatText-WithLinks-AndTables/lib/HTML/FormatText/WithLinks/AndTables.pm HTML-FormatText-WithLinks-AndTab-patched/lib/HTML/FormatText/WithLinks/AndTables.pm
--- HTML-FormatText-WithLinks-AndTables/lib/HTML/FormatText/WithLinks/AndTables.pm	2012-06-08 10:10:37.000000000 +1000
+++ HTML-FormatText-WithLinks-AndTab-patched/lib/HTML/FormatText/WithLinks/AndTables.pm	2012-07-24 16:25:07.631985777 +1000
@@ -208,13 +208,15 @@
                     $new_line .= "\n" if $j != $max_col_heights[$row_count] - 1; # add a newline to all but the last text row
                     $col_rows[$j] = $new_line; # put the line into the stack for this row
                 }
-                $row_text .= $_ for @col_rows;
+                $row_text .= ($_ || '') for @col_rows;  # BUGBUG this breaks on colspan in headers
                 for (my $i = 1; $i < scalar @cols; $i++) {
                     $cols[$i]->delete; # get rid of unneeded <td>'s
                 }
                 # put the fully formatted text into our accumulator
                 $formatted_tables->[$table_count]->[$row_count] = $row_text;
-                $cols[0]->content->[0] = "__TOKEN__${table_count}__${row_count}__"; # place a token into the row at col 0
+                if($cols[0]) { # BUGBUG this breaks on "complex" tables
+                    $cols[0]->content->[0] = "__TOKEN__${table_count}__${row_count}__"; # place a token into the row at col 0
+                }
                 $row_count++;
             }
         }