Being a literature geek, and an inveterate lover of myths and folk lore, there's a certain significance to me as far as the title of this particular blog.
The name refers to an old Irish story about a master builder named Gobhan (probably butchering the spelling). The story goes that one day, he was commissioned to build a magnificent tower for Balor, the King of the Fomors, a race of giants. Gobhan was given a year to construct the tower and he went straight to work, making tremendous progress in record time. However, Balor came down with a serious case of project envy. After Gobhan left the land of the Fomors, he would only go on to build even more incredible and breathtaking structures, and that was something Balor just could not abide. He wanted this to be Gobhan's eternal masterpiece, and the only way to make that happen was to make sure it was the last project he ever worked on.
As the tower neared completion, Balor ordered the scaffolds removed to trap Gobhan at the top, intending to starve the builder to death. Gobhan, however, had no desire to simply lay down and die for his treacherous patron. It was readily apparent to Gobhan that if he was able to build a tower stone by stone, he could also very easily demolish it the same way. When word reached Balor that Gobhan was knocking stones out of the tower one by one, the Fomori king ordered the scaffolds returned. Gobhan struck a new bargain (probably with sufficient penalties for attempted murder) that ensured the completion of the tower and his safe passage out of the land of the Fomors, and as feared by Balor, he went on to create newer and more amazing structures.
I've always liked that story, and it seemed appropriate for somebody working on building his own tower, so to speak.
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