1) I agree. It's just too much of a hassle for me to go around doing that to every one of my posts. Even though it takes all of about two seconds. But I like to be able to post and go. Post and go.

2) I don't even know. It's black. Oh, MS Sans Serif. I'll be fine as long as it's black. I don't mind other people using coloured fonts in MSN, but I can't stand using it myself for some reason.