I say sleep well and wake to my girlfriend all the time... i guess I fit in the too much time category

Where the bore was drilled... from the wheel of time wiki:

In the Age of Legends, Aes Sedai researchers at the Collam Daan discovered a region of the Pattern with what appeared to be an undivided source of the One Power separate from the True Source. Initial research suggested that this energy could be used by either gender without many of the known limitations of the One Power.

An attempt was made to access this new energy source by boring a hole in the Pattern. The resulting explosion destroyed the Sharom of Collam Daan. What the researchers had found was actually the prison of the Dark One. The resulting hole is known as the Bore, and although it has not allowed the Dark One to escape, it does allow him to influence the world.

shayol ghul....from the Wot Wiki...

Shayol Ghul (pronounced: SHAY-ol GHOOL) is a great black mountain, once an idyllic tropical island paradise and vacation spot, now the focal point of the Dark One's power.