Aha! And I can show you a trick so you don't have to do that thing with the asterisks.
If you want to post html code instructions without them just getting translated, here's how:
& lt ; (without the spaces in between) will display one of these < & gt ; (without the spaces in between) will display one of these >
So, for example, using those I can show you how to make something bold without it becoming bold like that, but looking like this: <B>make something bold</B> instead.
You could even use it in this post if you felt like going back and editing. :)