Lastly, Pics? I can't figure out how to upload them. Can anyone help?
You need to store them online - I use photobucket.com. It is a free service and it doesn't bog down users with popup ads.
After you have them loaded there you can copy/paste the url into the text box.
1. open photobucket.com -- copy your the URL for a picture you've stored there.
2. open the message board text box
3. click the "insert imagine icon"

on the top of the dialogue box
4. you will see the code inserted automatically into the text box: [ img ][ /img ] (without the spaces included)
5. [ img ]
insert URL HERE[ /img ]-- insert (paste) the URL to your picture between the set of image codes
6. Preview your post to make sure it displays as you've expected it to.
7. POST!!