Poste Yosmtee Sindrom

Each word is taken from the vanity plate master list issued by the DMV.

JONMUIR SED YOSMITE ISS PARADYZ--EVEN DA LOSS UU EDENN DZNTMTR!

LKYMEE! NT LNGAGO IWENT HIKNG

THERR, NDA HISIERA. OGOD1OQ 4R

XCPSHNL GUDLUKN PLANETT!

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THENI DIDD COMBACK 2LA ANDI NOTICED HOWW DFFRINT HEER IZZ FROM THERE.

UPTHER: NATUR, ZGR8ST RKATEK, DISPLAZ HER GENYUS 4DESIGN.

DOWNN HHERE: DUH SPELL ING MANSON.

UPUP THERR: WELLL PLANNED SYSTOM OF TRAILS LEEDS 2MANYA EXALTED MTNPEAK.

DN HERE: THISS UBQTUS FRY SYSTEM DUZZ LEED TTO ANOTHER MINI MALL WITH AA THRIFTY DRUGSTR.

UP THER: AFTER AMOST AMAESNG SUNNSET, THE STARS COM OUT.

DWN ERE: AFTER2 WEEKES IN REHABB, DAA STARZ KOM OWT.

UPPUPP THERR: AHAPPY SOUL IDOO MERGE WID DE KOSMOS.

DOWN HERE: SUMGUY INA CHEEEP MPORT, IDO MERG ON2 TH FORRE OH FIVE.

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John Muir said Yosemite is a paradise--even the loss of Eden doesn’t matter. Lucky me! Not long ago I went hiking there, in the High Sierra. Oh God, thank you for our exceptional, good-looking planet! Then I did come back to L.A. and I noticed how different here is from there. Up there: nature, the greatest architect, displays her genius for design. Down here: the Spelling mansion. Up, up there: Well-planned system of trails leads to many an exalted mountain peak. Down here: This ubiquitous freeway system does lead to another mini-mall with a Thrifty drugstore. Up there: After a most amazing sunset, the stars come out. Down here: After two weeks in rehab, the stars come out. Up, up there: a happy soul, I do merge with the cosmos. Down here: some guy in a cheap import, I do merge onto the 405.