TextClipping files opening in TextEdit?

Hi all,
I have some reminders that I want to have pop up into my field of vision...
For several years, I've had iCal events open textClipping files. This works well (though if there's a good app that just does this, I'd be interested in hearing about it; I used to use Chronos Notes but it's too heavyweight for this).
Problem: now, for some reason, TextEdit wants to open these files. This only happens when using iCal, or launching the document from the "Recent Documents" folder. Launching from the Finder still works fine.
Of course, TextEdit isn't happy with these files, it doesn't render them.
I chose to use text clippings because they have the least amount of chrome around the windows, and these are read-only. Trying for very simple here.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
_KMP

Thanks...
But what is the default app for a .textClipping file? I'd think it's the Finder, but you can't select Finder as a default application for a file. (Perhaps one could find the correct component in CoreServices, but that doesn't seem correct).

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