Benjamin Howell

Photographer for The Intersection
Photographer for Substream Magazine

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

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Americans are losing it realizing they work more than peasants used to work

“I've actually f*cking had it with the United States of America — I gotta go to work 40 sometimes 50 hours a week only to get 2 weeks of paid vacation — peasants used to get 154 days off. I'm not even treated like a f*cking peasant”

“I can't f*cking do this shit anymore. And all while this shit is happening, they're f*cking constantly attacking your psychological — y'all just kicking me when I'm f*cking down. I can't go anywhere because they f*cking hate us — while a ruling class of Satan-worshipping, baby-eating pedophiles comes for my f*cking kids every way, or form

B*tch. Taxes, fees, fees, taxes, tolls, taxes, check engine light, taxes, tickets, taxes, pedophiles, taxes, taxes, taxes, taxes. B*tch, I'm done”

For reference:

2500 B.C.
The Pharaoh took 20% of the slaves’ harvest.

2025 A.D.
The government takes 35–60% of your income through income tax, FICA, sales tax, property tax, gas tax, inflation, and fees.

[Benjamin Howell @BenHowellz]

Cooked a steak for lunch only to find out a few bites in that it was bad.

That concludes my motivation efforts for this morning. Will try again later. 😤🖕🏽😴

[Benjamin Howell @BenHowellz]

Poss I have figured out how to audio properly at concerts on the new camera. 🥹

[Benjamin Howell @BenHowellz]

It’s one of my only nights off of the month and I want to go to the gym so badly.

But I know I’m probably 1-2 more days away from this injury healing, if I can just not be an asshole lol.

[Benjamin Howell @BenHowellz]

I haven’t been this excited for a face plant in a while.

[Benjamin Howell @BenHowellz]

Pulling a forearm muscle might be one of the biggest scams in injuries. 😅🖕🏽

[Benjamin Howell @BenHowellz]

It has been 35 minutes since anybody has been on stage.

The opener played for 40.

Lawd, plx hrp.

[Benjamin Howell @BenHowellz]

It has been over 90 degrees in my apartment for nearly two weeks straight.

Trying to balance moving, work, and health is starting to feel a bit like a hot mess.

Last week was one of my hardest. Hopefully next will be one of the best.
Just a little further.

[Benjamin Howell @BenHowellz]

I have had no less than 15 heart attacks since getting out of work.

But I think…. We’re good. Or will be.

[Benjamin Howell @BenHowellz]

@ChadVerwey You’re a fucking legend! 🔥

[Chad Verwey @ChadVerwey]

Sold out my 34th show of the year!

[Chad Verwey @ChadVerwey]

Before working in the music industry I was listening to music all the time and going to concerts as often as possible. Now I listen to podcasts and enjoy being home with my family and my cat. Well, I guess this is growing up…

[The Factor Report @PeterLBrandt]

This is my 50th year trading futures markets.
Here is a greatly abbreviated list of the lessons I have learned (many lessons more than once)
My perspective is as a discretionary chart-based trader
1. A trading plan is not complete unless it provides contingencies for all known possibilities
2. A trading plan is incomplete unless is cuts losing trades quickly and allows winning trades to grow
3. I might think I know where a market is headed near-term, but in fact I don't have a clue
4. The trades I most want to believe are often the trades I least want to own
5. A trading plan is useless unless you repeatedly pull the trigger -- if you can't do so, then it is your head/heart/guts that are broken, not your trading plan
6. Depending on circumstances, I can be either left or right brain dominant. The battle between left and right brains for the grey areas of my thought process is often when trading is most frustrating, but also where I can learn the most about myself
7. Learning about self through trading is important, because successful trading is mostly a function of preventing self-sabotage
8. There are old traders and there are bold traders, but there are few old, bold traders
9. Forget being a consistent big-time winner until you learn to excel at losing
10. It is best NOT to pay attention to an account balance during a really profitable run
11. Open trade profits do not belong to me so except for filing taxes I do not track this data
12. ROR and Sharpe are the two most meaningless performance metrics on the planet
13. The 10X, 20X et al moves in crypto are a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Younger traders should not expect repeat performances
14. Trading rules, especially the specifics on indicators, CANNOT be optimized. Sorry
15. Trading is best treated as a marathon, never as a sprint
16. For a trader with less than five years of experience, your worst drawdown is the one that has not yet occurred
17. Many many more

[Chad Verwey @ChadVerwey]

With DeltaPlex closing down, I would love to see more electronic acts play at @VanAndelArena. Skip Detroit and have GR be your 1 MI stop on large scale tours and I bet you will see success.

[Benjamin Howell @BenHowellz]

@ChadVerwey Feel this. Think I get responses from 1 in 10 outreaches these days.

Have you tried sending a FB message to ask if they got your email? 😂😵‍💫

[Chad Verwey @ChadVerwey]

Its hard to properly market a show if the artist team does not reply to emails

[GRiZ 🌈 @Griz]

Grand Rapids MI! Free shows for the people, tonight at the intersection. Doors at 6 pm. I’ll play around 8 pm. First come first served. Let’s go!!

[GRiZ 🌈 @Griz]

I’m gonna be in Grand Rapids today 👀

[Benjamin Howell @BenHowellz]

@ChadVerwey Jesus dude, hope she’s okay!

[Benjamin Howell @BenHowellz]

@ChadVerwey @BassCountryMI Can confirm. Was seen with exactly this smile.