Macbook air 11in 10.7.4 keeps asking me to shut down my computer?

This just started this evening. I get a pop-iup every 30 secs or so asking me if i want to shut down my computer. There's also a box that asks if I want to reopen the windows when I log back in. There are four choices - restart sleep cancel shut down. It seems to toggle between 30 and 60 seconds and then sometimes one right after the other in quick succession. Very strange, first time seeing something like this. I was carrying my air when I managed to touch several buttons at once and wonder if I messed something up. Does anyone have a solution? Thanks! T

I don't think he is descibing a kernel panic. He is describing the dialogue box that comes up when you press on the power button in the middle of a session. I have two machines that are now constantly asking if I'm sure if I want to shutdown. I keep hitting the cancel button but, it comes right back up.
Tried resettting the pram but, that didn't work. One machine is a Macbook Air and the other is a MacBookPro. Both have 30" Cinema Displays with the dual-link to mini-displayport adapter. Both Macbooks have thunderbolt ports are running Lion. This was not a problem under Snow Leopard. If I disconnect the monitors, the dialogue box stops coming up.
Is there a incompatibility between thunderbolt, Lion and the older 30" Cinema Display?

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