…Flash
Boyfriend, dog or inner demon? Dog or demon…we got[size=150][1] problems! 
/size ↩︎
Is the big black monolith: (a) an affectionate term for the boyfriend (like my wife might use when referring to me (minus affectionate, obviously))?
(b) a big black dog (could be a bloody big dog. Its also a name for depression.
(c) Depression as in, inner demon. Put demon below.
(d) Demon as in one of those whatsits y dont wanna bump into on a lonely mist enshrouded country road at night.
If its big dog or demon, then the flash thingy I tinker with periodically, could mean that you are linked to me telepathically? Its not good for anybody to be linked to me telepathically. It`s not even good for, me, to be linked to me telepathically.
Or have you actually got a big slab of granite in the middle of your lounge? 
I was referring, jokingly, to the slab of granite. I read the book last month for a book club meet, which explains rather more clearly than the film what the monolith does. I was referring to the way the thread - and what happened this week to get me to write the thread - had inspired me to think differently about myself as a writer and indeed, interacting with people a bit, too.
Since the monolith basically encouraged the species to think and act differently with new thoughts and ideas, I was vaguely suggesting I had a monolith by me right now.
Of course, you probably had to have read the book, and been inside my head when I wrote that one line reply in order to get all of that. Total reference fail on my part, there. 
Well, if yre not linked to me telepathically, theres still hope for you.