Keyboard Shortcuts and Hot Corners Fail Randomly!

So I have upgraded to 10.5.1, and now, out of seemingly nowhere, ALL keyboard shortcuts fail. Quicksilver, Spotlight, Dashboard, thay all fail. Also, ALL hotcorners fail to work (they make the "funk" noise when I try to use them).
They work for a while after rebooting, but then inexplicably stop working.
It happens on my Macbook Pro (Oct 06, 2.16 15 inch) with my Aluminum Keyboard plugged in (not sure if it happens without it). I have posted my Activity Monitor Printout, and the Console messages. Any ideas?
http://www.ownerofearth.com/all_messages.log
http://www.ownerofearth.com/afterhotkeydeath.pdf

I have found the issue! It was the screensaver called "PolarClock3" that was killing the shortcuts. Choosing a new screensaver (and for good measure deleting as well) and logging out and then back in did the trick.

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