Agreed. Steemit is where we make it happen.
Profile Pic: Good Question. Post it here or on any page and then its on Steemit and you copy it into the profile pic box and presto, you've got your profile picture up and ready.
Anyway, that's what worked for me as the other route did not work.
That's the "workaround"

Cheers, and keep elevating life forward!