Syncing iPhone on two machines....

Hi folks,
I have a MBP at home running Tiger, to which I sync my calendar, contacts, music, etc...
I have a MBP at work running WinXP on Parallels since we use Outlook for our email and calendaring - using MS Exchange Server.
Here's what I want to do and would like to know if it's possible. I want to sync ONLY my calendar from Outlook at work with my iPhone, keeping all the information from my home computer intact. I hope this is clear.
Is this possible? If so, how?
Thanks so much.
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UPDATE:
This is for anyone who may search for the same or similar issue.
For totally unrelated reasons I had to reinstall WindowsXP on the MBP. We upgraded to Parallels 3.0 and had some conflicts, hence the reinstall. During the reinstall process I discovered a USB icon on the bottom-right of the Parallels window. Clicking on this revealed a host of options regarding the use of the USB ports on the MBP. When I inserted the USB cable attached to the iPhone, it appeared in this list of options. When I selected this, iTunes was activated. YAY!
So, I unchecked everything except the Sync with Outlook option and when asked, selected "Merge all Calendar items". This did exactly what I wanted. Now all my Calendar items from both machines are on my iPhone.
Someone give me a star! lol (Just kidding Lounge folks, inside joke)

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