I'm waiting here for assistance so my apologies for such a quick response. I understand what you're saying but I'm not sure how to execute it, even if you're spoon feeding it to me. The code he gave me, from what it sounds like, is the right code. But, it's not doing the job. the content code being used is
<?php the_content('Read more »'); ?>
<?php
echo preg_replace("/<img[^>]+\>/i", "", the_content('<p class="serif">Read the rest of this entry »</p>'))
?>
So this is basically what I use instead of...
<?php the_content('Read more »'); ?>