Disappearing Applications for aluminum Macbook

Honestly, I don't know if its me or if my computer is being haunted by harry houdini but it seems like every now and then I find an application disappearing? Im not sure if this is a common problem.
I don't have any disk cleaners disk fixers or anything, nothing. I'm pretty smart when it comes to deleting things so i'm highly positive that i couldn't have deleted them myself.
First was my mail app was missing, preview, textedit, adium, and activity monitor.
any ideas?

i'm having this problem also. never seen anything like it.
tonite i went to open garageband. got the ? in the dock. then noticed Bento, Audacity, Firefox, and more...all gone with absolutely no trace as though they never ever existed on my computer. the trash has things in it that have been there for weeks.
I've been using this current setup for some time now with no issues. spotlight reveals nothing. Find can't find any of it. Maybe a clue...my apps folder is re-arranged as are the folders on the main level of my hard drive (no partitions). I use no disk cleaning apps or anything.
Any ideas?

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