Hey Deborah. Congrats on playing your first game.
Are you replying to the email notice of the posts, or are you coming to the boad and hitting the Reply button? Topkat (Krazy) used to have all that stuff in her posts at first too. W think it's because she was replying to the emails.
If you set the View to Discussions Only, the boards are much easier to read. More like FKMP or AP.