To continue upon what seems to be this week's theme...if resolutions (or their arch-nemesis, "non-resolutions")...don't need to start on January 1st...why should the calendar? And why should it record anything as mundane as appointments and reminders (a task handled far more efficiently by iCal)?

No...let the year start when you want it to...and let its sole purpose be to record (via smiley...frown face...or all manner of straight line drawing in between)...How was your day?