Folks,

It's the birthday of the man who keeps RMN up and running, dear hobie!!

I know we all wish him safety on his special day because tropical storm Irma is hitting his hometown as I write this.

I was going to send him $100.00, but my Paypal has $14.00 in it and my bank account is overdrawn by $282.00.

I hope that a few of you will decide to make his life easier by sending him some birthday money. I know how many of you love hobie.

I don't know how to send him money over the internet. Hopefully he will see this message and tell us how to send money to him.

If you are mailing it, you can send it to me and I will deposit it in my bank and then send it over the internet to him.

For over 8 months our largest advertiser did not honor our codes because they needed something from an official that said Rumor Mill News was legitimate.

Why am I telling you this? Because the money from this advertiser is the way hobie is paid.

I had to obtain a Certificate from the State of Ohio saying I was the owner of RMN and requesting that they send me the certificate that says RMN is legit.

It took me months to finally get the right forms, fill them out and send them back to Columbus. Columbus sent the form back in record time. I faxed it to our advertiser, but I have NOT heard back from them.

And as far as I know, they have NOT sent the money... therefore hobie (small "h" as he spells it) not only has been pummelled by Irma, he has no money.

When he tells us the best way to send him money, hopefully you will do as I will do and dig deep in your pockets to honor the man who keeps RMN up and running.

I no longer know where our server is. I think it's in the area where the hurricane is dropping tons of rain... Please say a prayer for all the victims of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, including the RMN server. I find it strange that these hurricanes hit the two areas where RMN is housed on servers.

Hopefully hobie will tell us how the server is doing... and if RMN goes down, you will know that the rain from the storm finally over powered it.

Once again.... another Happy Birthday Hobie, but this time in a larger font size!!

Happy Birthday Hobie!!!

May the flood waters not reach you, may the rains quickly abate, may your home not be damaged, and may you and your loved ones emerge from this alive and well!

Much love and admiration,

Raye