On Thanking Business Blog Readers and a Message from Porky Pig

  On Thanking Business Blog Readers… .  and a Message from Porky Pig . As a literary writer and author, it was never my mission to teach you about business. As a businessperson yourself, your knowledge of business probably dwarfs mine. I am, after all, a writer, not a savvy businessperson with an MBA from an Ivy …

10 Tips for Your Business Trip to Israel Your Travel Agent Might Have Forgotten to Tell You

.  10 Tips for Your Business Trip to Israel Your Travel Agent Might Have Forgotten to Tell You . . There are so many tips and pieces of advice which pertain to a business trip to Israel. For a full and comprehensive list, you may turn to such publications as Fodor’s or Lonely Planet. And …

You Say You Want to Boycott Israeli Businesses? Okay, Start by Giving Up These Modern Amenities…

.  You Say You Want to Boycott Israeli Businesses? .  Okay, Start by Giving Up These Modern Amenities… . . Yup, again this morning…another article in another newspaper about another country, university or group of protesters. Another ad. BOYCOTT ISRAEL! Shun her academic institutions. Halt military relations. And yes, most importantly, boycott Israeli business! .     …

How Social Media Addiction Saved Wallace Q. Cadbury III’s Life Not Once, But Twice Yesterday

  How Social Media Addiction . Saved Wallace Q. Cadbury III’s Life .  Not Once, But Twice Yesterday . . Wallace Q. Cadbury is literally a man who was supposed to die twice yesterday… . The first time was when he was attempting to cross the main intersection on foot in his hometown of Springfield, …

My Business Story: How I Transformed Disability and Despair into a Career as a Professional Writer

My Business Story: .  How I Transformed Disability and Despair into a Career as a Professional Writer . . It’s a blog post I have been dreading writing. I never wanted to write it; I still don’t want to. It’s taken almost three years of convincing by other people, the few who really know my story, for me to finally put my …

Israeli F-15 Fighter Jets Over Auschwitz (Inspirational Video)

     . Israeli F-15 Fighters Jets Over Auschwitz (Video) . . I guess I’m still feeling a little bit down following the recent Holocaust Remembrance Day here in Israel. Perhaps I still have the last vestiges of the annual two minutes of commemorative wailing of air-raid sirens in my ears. .  Perhaps it’s the last fleeting memories of …

Business and Blogging Satire: The New Blog Commenting App Hits the Market!!!

  Business and Blogging Satire:  .  The New Blog Commenting App Hits the Market!!! . . It’s becoming all the rage in Business and blogging circles…commenting on as many blogs as possible in order to provide back-links to your own blog and website. . Yes, I have read countless articles in the past few months by …

Holocaust Memorial Day 2011: Recalling the BUSINESS of the Holocaust

  Holocaust Memorial Day 2011: .  Recalling the BUSINESS of the Holocaust . . May 1st, 2011."Yom HaShoah," Holocaust Memorial Day begins here in Israel this evening. Tomorrow, at 10 a.m., as happens every year, air-raid sirens throughout the country will wail for two minutes and citizens will stand in silent respect. . This is not another blog …

A Businessman Invites His 25,000 BEST Social Media Friends to His Retirement Party!

. A Businessman Invites His 25,000 BEST Social Media "Friends"… . to His Retirement Party! . . Earl Q. Wadsworth was always one of those Social Media braggarts. The kind that impresses some with his outrageous number of followers…and makes others like me grin with doubt. "I’ve got so many people following me!" he would …

Hitler, Nazis, Black-Face and Making Slanted-Eyes: Things That Are NOT Funny

  Hitler, Nazis, Black-Face and Making Slanted-Eyes: .  Things That Are NOT Funny . . . Very recently, I read a Business blog post in which a video of Adolf Hitler was transformed into a video in which the Fuhrer was dubbed. He was portrayed as a stark-raving lunatic, upset that his Business blog was not getting …