The Gripe List celebrates its third year and more than 3,000 subscribers.

Ann Landers and Howard Stern's Love Child Survives . . .

An obscure ezine on the Internet has quietly been making money.
Gripelist.com, a web site that takes member submitted gripes,
complaints and pet peeves and then offers up some crass 'in your
face common sense, has been quietly turning a small profit after
the big internet crash.

With no intention to actually make money, The Gripe List started
out with only four subscribers and was created by the wickedly
evil humor of its owner, Steve Doss or, as he's more commonly
known, The GripeMaster. On the eve of its third birthday
however, the email ezine has not only survived the internet crash
and September 11th, but has seen membership balloon to just over
3000 with a dozen paying subscribers that help to defray the cost
of running this sleepy internet hit.

Surprisingly popular among devotees, this unsung hit survives via
membership submissions. Brave, daring people send in the little
nuggets of their day or commute or life in general to take the
chance of having the GripeMaster sting them with their own
stupidity or sing their praises. Fiercely critical of AOL users,
the GripeMaster has created a loyal following and made bitter
enemies in the Internet world.

The first two years of The Gripe List's existence were entirely
supported by Steve's real job. However, with an economic
downturn that source of funding, as well as his job, immediately
disappeared overnight. Faced with either killing off the ezine
completely or charging for the service and the wit of Steve's
alter ego, The GripeMaster, Doss took a leap of faith and split
the ezine into a free and a premium offering. To his surprise,
enough members immediately signed up for a monthly subscription
that the ezine has become entirely self-sufficient of outside
funding.

As this, to use the words of one loyal fan, '... child of Ann
Landers and Howard Stern turns three, the Gripe List is here to
stay and, at the moment, making more money than the guy who
started it.