Lighting a pipe with a computer mouse

An interesting error. Each such error gives important clues about what is going on in cognitive processing. In this case, I want to light my pipe and reach for - not the lighter - but the mouse.

I conclude that I reach out for an object that will help me do an action. If I am not paying attention, I can engage this up at too abstract a level and end by picking up something for other actions that are available to me at the desk. It is a lot like the previous post where one response to a missing piece is to ask for it. In this case, a response to an unfulfilled action, is to pick up a tool.
Anyway, when you do that, you could be filling in a narrative with VARs that are categories containing sub-VARs, whose more specific meaning is needed.
The error in picking up the mouse, occurs when we climb the tree the types of available actions and follow the wrong branch when we try to get more specific. I make the error because I am thinking of other things and only apply part of the necessary energy in detailing the tree climbing.