[odinthor]

Addressing those who were in greater L.A. in the mid to late 60s: Do the letters RDB mean anything to you?

It became something of a joke in my family, which traveled all over greater L.A. on day-trips to various attractions, that, literally no matter where we would go, we would see the modest and but distinctive graffiti initials RDB marking walls and tunnels etc. everywhere from Orange County and throughout L.A. County to Ventura County and (just a sprinkling) in Santa Barbara County. Nothing fancy, nothing artistic, nothing but a simple and somewhat spidery RDB, occasionally with a dot after each letter. I'd be surprised if there weren't some out-of-the-way spots still displaying RDB. And I'd be surprised if, inadvertently, some photos in collections of L.A.'s streetscape did not show an RDB-sporting wall. There's no reason why anyone would notice it other than in an aggregative manner, suddenly realizing that RDB, in its modest way, was omnipresent. And if no one else noticed it, let this posting be your eternal memorial, RDB, whoever you are or were: You are not forgotten.