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10 August 2009 | Posted inWeird

The Seven Vices of Highly Creative People

1. Be a drinker.
2. Begin with a smoke.
3. Put gambling first.
4. Think oysters.
5. Seek fashion first, then seek to be understood.
6. Sex.
7. Abuse the card.

Take that, Stephen Covey! I can’t do the oysters.

Via Kottke.

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16 June 2009 | Posted inBlog News & Updates, Cool Stuff, Weird

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