Typing letters and suddenly get numbers and then nothing

This is the second time in a week I've had this happen and I can't seem to find a similar thread on these very helpful forums, so maybe someone has some ideas?
I was working on an email and started typing "Form 4562 when it becomes..." and then hit the backspace key to fix a typo and after the "2" when I pressed any letter the keyboard started typing numbers, about 5 or 6 of them, instead of the letters I was typing. Then it wouldn't type anything. I switched to Firefox (Command-Tab) to try to come here and couldn't type anything in the address bar. So because the letter keys are not working I can't quit any applications (can't hit Command-Q but I can hit Command-Tab? Why are the non-letter keys working?) I can work the trackpad and get to Force Quit and so I force quit every open application. Restarted and all is good again. For now. Basically a repeat of what happened a few days ago (although I didn't write down what I was typing and in what app at the time it happened, but basically the same thing.) It's as if the keyboard says, "That k is a 3, that d is a 7", and after a few it realizes it isn't right so just quits typing.
Open apps at the time: Firefox, Mail, iCal, Excel, AddressBook, Skype, Adobe Reader, Preview, iBiz, TextEdit

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