Why does clone stamp work only intermittently?

I'm cleaning up a photo before I optimize it and put it onto the web. This is a JPEG. I've created an action for a specific size using just the selection tool. Then I adjust the levels, the color sometimes, and the brightness. Then I click on the clone tool, sample the area I want to clone with the option key, release the option key, and try to place the clone. I see every indication that I'm creating a clone, but when I go to place it, nothing happens.
Keep in mind that this is intermittent. In fact, I was working on a photo a few minutes ago, and I was able to clone something, then I sampled another area to clean up something close to it, and it just stopped cloning!
I've tried duplicating the background layer where the photo resides and working on the duplicate. Nothing. I've tried deleting the locked layer. Nothing. The "Aligned" box is checked. Opacity and flow are at 100%. Mode is normal. Airbrush is not being used. Nothing.
I've tried closing the document and reopening it. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn't.
I'll futz with it a while and then it might just start working again. But this time, when it stopped working on the photo after it had just worked, I knew it probably wasn't user error. Or is it? I didn't do anything different except to sample a different layer. Heck, I even unplugged my Wacom tablet.
Any thoughts? Please?
I'm on a MacPro running 10.5.5. I let Adobe do its updates, so I'm running 10.0.1 for PS. I do not run Version Cue, but I do use Bridge (love it in CS3). I have 4G of RAM. I hope I've given you enough info.

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****My issue has been resolved completely to my satisfaction at this time.**** I could not be happier!

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