Safari file select dialog hangs?

When attempting to upload a file, the Safari file selection dialog box opens, but I get a beachball as the dialog attempts to display every file on my Mac for some reason. The expected behavior would be for it to start in the last place I uploaded a file, but nothing is selected in the sidebar and it appears to be showing all the files on the system--no directories, but all files of all types.
I've waited over five minutes and see the list of files growing (the longest I've let it get is >15,000 items) but it never finishes. Also, I'me seeing the "select a file to see its path" notice in the bottom of the dialog. Force quitting Safari is the only solution.

This started happening to me today.
I use: Safari Version 5.1.6 (7534.56.5)
And when I get a dialog box to choose a file for upload using Safari, there is no beach ball, rather there is the circular activity icon just spins and spins. No file listing appears in list view, column view, icon or coverflow view. I cannot select a file in Safari using the popup file select dialog box.
This is after a softare update yesterday Mac OS X 10.7.4
Can't use for WordPress, Tumblr, Facebook etc.
I am able to use Transmit, my ftp client and it has no problem refreshing the file listings.

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