Alright, I told myself that I would figure it out by myself, but I can't do it, so this is my cry for help, yet again, to the Perl brotherhood: 
#! /usr/local/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use CGI qw(:standard);

my $q=CGI->new();

open(FH,"+>>message.txt") || die("Cannot Open Data File.. Error");
seek(FH, 0,0);
my $data = <FH>;

print "Content-type:text/html\n\n";
print $q->start_html("My Message Board");
print "<h2>My Message Board</h2><br><hr>";
print $data;
print "<p><hr><br>Post:<br>";
print "<center><form action=\"hw5.pl\" method=\"POST\">";
print $q->textarea(-rows=>6, -columns=>75, -name=>'text');
print "<br>";
print $q->submit(-value=>'Submit When Completed', -name=>'submit');
print "</form></center>";
print $q->end_html();

my $value=$q->param('text');
$value =~ s/\+/ /;
$value =~ s/\r//g;
$value =~ s/\n/ /g;
print FH "$value";

close(FH);

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I'm getting errors where I try to print the $data, and again where I try to change my incoming $value to be appended. Any point in the right direction, or words of wisdom would be appreciated.

Thanks,

alarthame

Update! I fixed that code a bit to reflect where I am right now. Thanks to Enlil for that little note that dealt it with the +>> I think that did it.

I'm still trying to get it so it won't tag on blank lines when I refresh the page. I've tried putting a line that stops the post if it's null, down by the $value, but that doesn't seem to work. Also, I'm not quite sure how to reset the textfield on a refresh. It like to repost the last entry or a blank field.

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