No, don't give up, maggie!
Just double click on this and the whole thing will be hilighted. then go into the "post an answer" window and paste it. Then you can modify it.
a style="background: Green;color: Red;font-size: 12px;font-weight: bold; cursor: text;text-decoration: none;">!!!</a
Don't forget to add the < before the a at the beginning, and the a at the end, or it won't work.
The ed better take this away, or it will look insane on the whole site really soon, now that everyone knows how to do it! But this was fun, I have to admit!