There are several iCal-integrated menulets out there (
link), almost all shareware... and some of the
free ones haven't been updated since Tiger (or Panther perhaps).
P.S. - CopyPaster is working nicely so far. Looks to be well-written (on the surface i mean). I wonder why the author didn't hit us up for a nominal 99 cents (or 3 bucks even).
SIDENOTE: is it still true that Apple doesn't document the menulet interface? (i.e., the Menu Extras on the righthand side of the menubar). I thought that all non-Apple things in that region were deemed "hacks" by definition.