It's my trackball clicking thumb!! lol - I did some more chopping tonight -- it burns TONS of calories, and builds muscle like few other things can... there's even a whole school of exercise based around chopping wood, and working with a sledgehammer. (I actually bought a sledgehammer for that a few years ago - did it for a few weeks, but like most exercise programs, it peters out. I might grab the sledgehammer again and look up those workout videos. I think I need to find a large tractor tire though.... "