I've been meaning to implement this for a while, but I've finally created Ishbadiddle's own community calendar, right over There. It lists holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, etc., of interest to our posters and regulars, as well as suggestions for stuff to do, for the next two weeks. So you can use this to promote concerts, shows, parties, etc. to the larger Ishbadiddle-reading public.

If you have suggestions for any recurring holidays, leave them in comments below. I've put the current list of holidays below the fold, so if I've left off your birthday, or have it on and you don't want it there, let me know. I'm missing a bunch, I know! Consider this the first draft.

If you're an Ishbadiddle poster, adding future events to the calendar is simple. Give an entry about the event the category "Our Events" and save it in draft form. After you save a draft, you'll see an "Authored On" box on the bottom of the screen. (If you don't see it, hit the "Customize the display of this page" link below the Save button, select "Custom," and make sure "Editable Authored On Date (Edit Entry screen only)" is checked.) Just change that date to the future date of the event. (The time doesn't matter.) Any information you write about the event in the Entry Body won't show up in the main blog, to save space and reduce clutter, but a » will indicate that there's more to read on the subject. You can tag the event in the Keywords field and give it multiple categories, just like any other entry.

If you're not a poster, but have an event you think would be of interest, you can email me with details at ishbadiddle -at- triptronix.net.

Mad props to Kevin Shays, who not only wrote the DateTags plugin that makes this possible, but also was very patient in helping me figure out the coding for this.

Updated List:

'0101' => ["New Year's Day","Rose's Birthday"],
'0107' => ["Sandra's Birthday"],
'0108' => ["Colin's Birthday","Elvis' Birthday"],
'0115' => ["Great Molasses Flood, 1919","Ishbadiddle's Blogiversary, 2001"],
'0128' => ["Christina W.'s Birthday"],
'0202' => ["Groundhog Day"],
'0203' => ["Lynn's Birthday"],
'0212' => ["Lincoln's Birthday"],
'0214' => ["Valentine's Day"],
'0218' => ["Hannah's Birthday"],
'0221' => ["Christopher R.'s Birthday"],
'0222' => ["Washington's Birthday"],
'0305' => ["Paul C.'s Birthday"],
'0307' => ["Debbie's Birthday"],
'0309' => ["Farah's Birthday"],
'0317' => ["St. Patrick's Day"],
'0318' => ["David B.'s Birthday"],
'0328' => ["Matt A.'s Birthday"],
'0401' => ["April Fool's Day"],
'0415' => ["Taxes!"],
'0419' => ["Bicycle Day"],
'0427' => ["Liz S.'s Birthday","Mike's Birthday"],
'0428' => ["Liz H.'s Birthday"],
'0429' => ["Josephine's Birthday"],
'0430' => ["Katey's Birthday"],
'0502' => ["Jim's Birthday"],
'0513' => ["Matt F-B's Birthday"],
'0517' => ["Xeni's Birthday"],
'0523' => ["Trip's Birthday","Matt & Jessie's Anniversary"],
'0526' => ["Alex & Sarah's Anniversary"],
'0528' => ["Zach's Birthday"],
'0530' => ["Patrick & Katey's Anniversary"],
'0601' => ["Mike & Debbie's Anniversary"],
'0614' => ["Flag Day"],
'0622' => ["Beth B.'s Birthday"],
'0624' => ["Jim & Gina's Anniversary"],
'0701' => ["Liz L.'s Birthday"],
'0704' => ["Independence Day","Matt & Laura's Anniversary"],
'0707' => ["Arly's Birthday"],
'0709' => ["Laura H.'s Birthday"],
'0717' => ["Gina's Birthday"],
'0726' => ["Josh W.'s Birthday"],
'0727' => ["Emily's Birthday"],
'0802' => ["Nicholas' Birthday"],
'0804' => ["Sarah's Birthday"],
'0806' => ["Alex J.'s Birthday"],
'0808' => ["Ennis' Birthday"],
'0812' => ["Ben's Birthday"],
'0816' => ["Alex B.'s Birthday"],
'0823' => ["Greg P.'s Birthday"],
'0828' => ["Eric L.'s Birthday"],
'0829' => ["Jessie's Birthday"],
'0831' => ["Colette's Birthday","Jill K.'s Birthday"],
'0901' => ["Andrea's Birthday"],
'0910' => ["Chris M.'s Birthday"],
'0911' => ["September 11th"],
'0915' => ["Annabel's Birthday"],
'0927' => ["Nadine's birthday"],
'0930' => ["Liz & David's Anniversary"],
'1004' => ["Chris K.'s Birthday"],
'1008' => ["Felix's Birthday"],
'1023' => ["Ranya's Birthday","Sun's Birthday"],
'1024' => ["United Nations Day"],
'1031' => ["Halloween"],
'1103' => ["Jay's Birthday"],
'1111' => ["Veterans Day"],
'1122' => ["Patrick's Birthday"],
'1119' => ["Anna's Birthday"],
'1211' => ["SF Liberal's Birthday"],
'1224' => ["Noelle's Birthday"],
'1225' => ["Christmas"],
'1226' => ["Paul G.'s Birthday"],
'1231' => ["New Year's Eve"]

M E-L posted this on April 25, 2005
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