How to temporarily disable the mouse on a Mac?

Over the last year I've gotten really big into using keyboard shortcuts and I'm amazed at how much more quickly I can fly around the computer now. I also learned how to use Quicksilver on a Mac and love that for quickly switching between apps without having to go for the mouse.
What I'm wondering is whether anything exists that temporarily disables the mouse to basically force you to learn keyboard shortcuts and other ways to navigate "mouse-lessly". Ideally something where the mouse would be disabled and you'd have do something to actually re-enable it anytime you want to use the mouse. After having something like that going for a few days my guess is that you'd have learned most of the remaining shortcuts?
Please let me know if any of you have ever come across something like this. Thanks!!

CT wrote:
Thanks for that.
Interesting.
On my MBP (the new one) I have two separate panes, one for keyboard and mouse, one for trackpad.
My K & M pane has all the mouse stuff, but none of the trackpad stuff, of course.
The trackpad thing has this really nice video that goes with the gestures configurations.
But no "ignore trackpad input" thingy. And no "accidental input" thingy either.
I have suspected that on the new MBPs with the new gesture trackpad, that some items have been eliminated. For example when using gestures, one cannot "Ignore accidental trackpad input" when it may be that several fingers on the pad are not accidental at all.
My MBP is late 2007.
As a side issue, the newest MBPs do not have firewire, and I don't want one w/o FW.

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