Having trouble getting my avatar to work??

invalid@example.com (Marv Dorn), Marv Dorn
Sat, 08 Jun 2013 03:21:11 +0000

Hello,

I try to upload my picture for my avatar, just keep getting a broken link picture in the avatar space??? I tried it in .jpg and .gif forms, it didn't help. I kept the file size to under 23Kb, what am I doing wrong? Thank you in advance.