PS CS5 Cursor issues

I've seen a few threads about the cursor jumping to 'black arrow', and I've witnessed myself several times, but this one is a bit different.
On brush (also on clone stamp, healing brush, etc) the cursor appears to be stuck as if I was holding the option key. If I begin to paint, it will act as it should, but as soon as I stop, its back to the precise cursor (or the eye dropper icon, depending on which I have chosen in the Prefs).
There are no issues in any other app (that I've seen), nor is it an issue in CS4
has anyone else seen this?
I'm on CS5
All updates have been run
OS 10.6.5
Latest Wacom Driver

def wasn't the caps lock... tried that. besides, when I did start painting, it went back to the normal brush cursor (as i have it set)

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