Bumm Rapp

Okay, so Rapp is definitely a name that I’ve never heard before.  And now in one sitting it crops up twice, so a twin heads up.  

It began first with this person who was recently added to Wikipedia’s Notable Deaths in 2025 site:

Mike John Bradwell (14 June 1948 – 7 April 2025) 76, theatre director, playwright

First of all his birthday is the birthday of US President Donald Trump, second is that his middle name is an addition to the recent “John” pattern cluster, and third, well, is the “well” in his name,… as in “well, what are you waiting for?!   We are definitely being prompted to investigate further.  So I did. 

Perusing the notable persons mentioned on Bradwell’s wiki page, one name stood out— Adam Rapp.  And Rapp is meaningful in particular when considering my previous post title: Trigg Zingg ?!

• Adam Rapp  (born June 15, 1968) 

So, we now have a “Names Ending in Twin Letters” pattern cluster in the works.  The first thing that pops in my head at that moment, is the saying,  “Bumm Rapp”!  And now note Bradwell’s and Rapp’s birthdays generate a date sequence cluster… AND, my birthday is June 13, so we now have a perfect run of 3– a “June 13, 14, 15/Date Sequence” pattern cluster.  And since yesterday was April 13… and is also part of the sequence, I decided to see if any of the notable deaths stand out, and I came to: 

• Tommy Vann Helms (May 5, 1941 – April 13, 2025) 83,baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros)

He stands out for many reasons, first one being that his middle name is an addition to the new “Names Ending in Twin Letters” pattern cluster.  Next is the significance of his first name— Thomas means “twin” in origin… and is trump card of sorts, and the word in his surname, Helm, speaks volumes.  So, I quickly peruse his wikipedia page for any name that stands and WHOA… we have another RAPP: 

Vernon Fred Rapp (May 11, 1928 – December 31, 2015)

As well, some of the names are additions to the “Remove a Letter Makes a Word” pattern cluster and so giving us : dam, rap, van, helm, red, rap.  

I then investigate the notable Rapp’s wikipedia page, and find that there’s many more than I would have suspected. So I narrow my search to names that fit.  Two names that originate from the same source as John

• Jean Rapp (27 April 1771 – 8 November 1821) French lieutenant general
• Johan Rapp (born 8 February 2001), Swedish footballer
• Tom Rapp (March 8, 1947 – February 11, 2018) American singer-songwriter

And as you can see, we now have a “February 8, March 8, __, …, November 8/ 8th Day” pattern cluster cluster.   AND, note from my previous post: 

• Cyril Trigg (8 April 1917 – 9 April 1993) 1917–1993), English

Trigg’s birthday adds to the cluster, bridging the gap at that: : 

“February 8, March 8, __, …, November 8/ 8th Day” pattern cluster cluster.

Now, I don’t like to say this, butt… it did pop into my head, and as I’ve learned from past experience it’s an influence from my inner twin— Gunn … also a surname!! 

Trigg Zingg ?!

 Wikipedia’s notable Deaths in 2025 site lists under April 10: 

• Drew Zingg,  (1957 – April 2025)  68, guitarist(death announced on this date)

The name stands out given a post I made in July, that associates the name with an unforgettable event— the assassination attempt on President Donald Trump (see excerpt from post below).  

I decided to go to the Zingg surname wiki page.  There were just a few, two stood out:

• David Drew Zingg (December 14, 1923 – July 28, 2000)photographer, journalist
• Jules-Émile Zingg (25 August 1882– 4 May 1942)  1882–1942), French painter

December 14 is my sister Linda’S birthday and August 25 is my granddaughter’s birthday.  Both dates of death stand out, July 28 being an addition to the recent “Even Days in July” pattern cluster and 4 May is a cryptic “for May”… May being my first name.  

The etymology source says it likely comes from zinc.  

zinc(n.)

element, one of the useful metals, 1650s, zinke, from German Zink, perhaps related to Zinke "prong, point;" said to have been used first by Paracelsus (c. 1526) on analogy of the form of its crystals after smelting. Zinke is from Old High German zint "a point, jag."

There’s also the matter of the double “gg”, that likely has other significant meaning, so I googled “names ending in gg” and there is a wiki page with a list, … not too long so I investigated, and the name “Trigg” was on the list… hmmm, “trigger”!!  One stood out from Wikipedias list of notable Trigg’s

• Cyril Trigg (8 April 1917 – 9 April 1993) 1917–1993), English footballer

So, Drew Zingg passed away on April 10,… so we now have a perfect run of three— “March 8, 9, 10” pattern cluster. 

I have no idea what to make of this one. 

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Friday, July 19, 2024

Bullet Zings Trumps Ear makes Zinger Retort

On the same day that Trump was shot, another notable death stands out: 

Tom Azinger, 89, American politician. twin a zing zinger

• Thomas 'Tom' Albert Azinger (July 2, 1935 – July 13, 2024)

Note the following definition of “zing” from various sources: 

1. move rapidly, making a high-pitched ringing or whining noise.
   "another bullet zinged past him"
2.  
   a sharp singing or whining noise, as of a bullet passing through the air
3. A short high-pitched humming sound, such as that made by a bullet or vibrating string
4. The bullets zinged [=zipped] past our ears.
5. a short high-pitched buzzing sound, as of a bullet or vibrating string

And as for zinger: 

• a quick, witty, or pointed remark or retort

pop -v- bob

 Yesterday one of my posts focussed on the fact that there were only 8 notable persons listed on Wikipedia’s Deaths in 2025 site under April 2nd.  Well, that’s not entirely true, I should have said that there were 8 who had Wikipedia pages, butt there was one other in the red category: 

Miles Griffith [nl], 55, American jazz singer

And yes, the name “Miles” had significant inner twin cryptic meaning— synonymous with the 3+ “miles” high and thousands of miles wide of  ice during glacial episodes (the last episode/cycle being  about 12,000 — 15,000 years ago, that once covered much of Eurasia and North America, but now only exist in miniature versions to what they once were, at the north and south poles.  

As for his surname, Griffith,  note the etymology

• Origin: Welsh 
• Meaning: "Chief lord" 
• Etymology:  "Gruffudd", composed of "Grip(p)" ("strong grip") and "iud"("chief/lord"). 

I was also able to locate his Obituary: 

Miles L. Griffith Obituary: 

May 13, 1969 – April 2, 2025

Highland Falls, NY

Note the cryptic communication in the listed place name re “highland falls” .  And yes, it’s true that as the  massive weight of glacial ice had pressed the land beneath it down, this caused an equal and opposite reaction— the glacier free land at the outer edges of the tectonic plate, had bowed upward.  Today these plates are reverting back in a process referred to as Isostatic Adjustment.  In the case of the land that had become depressed, it is rising, and in the case of the land that had risen aka “highland”, it is presently in the process of “falling”.  Now the experts don’t want to ring any alarm bells, and so they don’t say anything about the fact that this slow process is speeding up, and that if it continues, we can expect a sudden and devastating “pop”— final rise of the depressed land, followed with a “bob”: 

bob(n.1): "act of suddenly jerking up and down," 1540s, from bob (v.1).

Young “Shero’s” — “She He Hero’s” !!

Wikipedia’s Notable Deaths in 2025 site has recently added the following: 

Ray Shero, 62, American ice hockey executive (Pittsburgh Penguins, New Jersey Devils), Stanley Cup champion (2009)

What caught my eye is that his surname is an addition to the “Word In Name” pattern cluster in a very interesting ways, giving us three words: 

                                                    “she he hero”

The “She he” combination is a cryptic reference to our “she he” human/biological condition of being Natural Human Chimera (to read more about the Genetic research findings, click “here”).    

On visiting Shero’s wikipedia page we learn the following: 

Rejean "Ray" Shero (July 28, 1962 – April 9, 2025)

His first name “Rejean” has “Jean” in it, another name for “John”, and so an addition to the recent “John” pattern cluster.  Interesting too that “re” (do again) is a cryptic synonym of “ray” (note the etymology of  re and ray below). 

There was another recent addition to Wikipedia’s recent Notable Deaths list, that fits: 

John Mayhew, 70, New Zealand sports physician (All Blacks, North Harbour, New Zealand Warriors)

When the name shows up red, it means that the person doesn’t have a wikipedia page, and so no birth or other info is readily available, so I generally just move along, unless something grabs my attention, such as his name, then I will google to see if I can locate his birth info. 

First of all, his surname breaks down into a cryptic “May hew”, and with my name being “May”, this is a twin heads up,  As well, his first name is an addition to the recent “John” pattern cluster, and so a double twin heads uppp!! In a recent post, I alluded to the fact that the inner twin world had influence my life in a way that enabled me to understand that the name “John” (and other versions like Joanne, Jean, Juan… ) were synonymous with the word “Jeune”— French for “young”.  In a 2013 post, I explained how this came about (see bottom of page for an excerpt from the post).  

I also learned that Mayhew is a form of Matthew, so note all the etymology: 

hew(v.) : PIE *kau- "to hew, strike," (source...Seemingly contradictory sense of "hold fast, stick to" (in phrase hew to)

may(v.1) : PIE root *magh- "to be able, have power.",… (with can, shall, etc.).

Matthew: Hebrew Mattathyah "gift of Jehovah," from mattath "gift."

I did find a recent news article that provides John Mayhew’s birth info: 

John Mayhew (July 12, 1954– April 9, 2025)

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• ray(n.1): "beam of light, light emitted in a given direction from a luminous body," early 14c., rai, from Old French rai (nominative rais) "ray (of the sun), spoke (of a wheel); gush, spurt," from Latin radius "ray, spoke, staff, rod" (see radius). 
• re: "property, goods; matter, thing, affair," from PIE *reh-i- "wealth, goods" (source also of Sanskrit rayi-"property, goods," Avestan raii-i- "wealth").
• *re-*rē-:  Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to reason, count;" a variant of PIE root *ar-, also arə-, "to fit together." 
• re-: word-forming element meaning "back, back from, back to the original place;" also "again, anew, once more," also conveying the notion of "undoing" or "backward," etc.

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Post excerpt:  

 

Wednesday, October 16, 2013: 

Eugene Georges Joseph Lecrosnier RIIP: Gladstones and Pearls

Many summers of my youth were spent visiting with my Grandmother and other relatives in Pointe Sapin, New Brunswick.  I spent a lot of my time at the house of Aunt Ava, because she had 10 children... and so lots of other kids to hang out with, not to mention that the beach was virtually in their back yard.  Now, even though my mother and father are both Acadian French, my siblings and I are not at all fluent although we can get by with speaking and understanding some French... albeit at times it has been a challenge.  One particular challenge involves a misinterpretation in regards to the youngest cousin in this family of 10, who I understood his name to be "Charles le Jeune"... which of course made perfect sense since I understood it as meaning "Charles the young(est)"... and besides, the second youngest in the family was name "John Noel" given that he was born on Christmas day... so it gave even more "poetic sense" as to the parents naming their 10th child, Charles The Young.  It wasn't until  I was much older when I discovered that his name was actually "Charles Eugene"!!  They way they pronounce it and saying the name so fast, it really does sound to me like "Charles Le Jeune"!!

On The Roof!!

 In some instances, the inner twin world grabs my attention by way of unusual occurrences, such as with the case of the April 2 list on Wikipedia’s Deaths in 2025 site that at the moment, only has “8”.  And so there you have, it— magic number 8 surfaces again.  So, after 7 days, that’s usually the end of it,… although one or two more will trickle in over the course of this the next week, it’s likely that there won’t be more than 10.  If you go back and peruse the last few days, you’ll see that most are already about 20.  I would say that the average notable deaths in a day is between 20–25.

So, I consider this a twin heads up to see who of the 8 stands out the most.  As far as name and dates go, note the following: 

• Johnny King (9 August 1932 – 2 April 2025)  92, footballer (Crewe Alexandra, Stoke City, Cardiff City)
• Khamtai Siphandone (8 February 1924 – 2 April 2025)101, Laotian politician, president

We have a John for one, and he was born on the 222nd day of the year… and a King at that!!  As for Khamtai, his birthday bridges the gap and so adding to the cluster in my previous post: 

 “January 8, February 8, March 8(x2), April 8(x3),__ …, August 8(x2)/ 8th Day” pattern cluster.

A third notable person among the 8 caught my eye: 

Alois Švehlík, 85, Czech actor (Forbidden Dreams, Alois Nebel, On the Roof) and theater pedagogue

The reason being the film he acted in — On the Roof,  given the recent roof cave in as per my previous post focus.  Again, here the inner twin world had provided a means to let us know that they were aware of a situation… and it could be that they could have prevented it, but used it instead… or … had set it up. It is war after all!!    

On the films Wikipedia page we then peruse the list of cast and crew to see if any stand out (see info below) First of all, the directors last name Madl has “mad” within it.  The date that stands out the most is Dyk’s birthday, given that July 23 is the day my mom passed away, a date that also cropped up in my previous post.  

Jiří Mádl (born October 23, 1986) director and screenwriter

• Alois Švehlík (30 July 1939 – 2 April 2025) as professor Antonín Rypar
• Duy Anh Tran as Song, a young Vietnamese man
• Vojtěch Dyk  (born 23 July 1985, in Prague) as Marek Molnár, neighbor
• Mária Bartalos  (née Havranová; born 22 June 1994) as Anna Slavenková, neighbor
• Adrian Jastraban as Kokeš, building superintendent
• David Švehlík David Švehlík (born 6 April 1972) as Martin Rypar, Antonín's son
• Radek Zima as Josef Slavíček, teacher
• Miroslav Táborský  (born 9 November 1959 as Nouza, teacher