Weird iCal bug after 10.4.8 update

After updating to Mac OS X 10.4.8 I get the following display bug with my iCal reminders, i.e. the reminder appears way off to the side of the screen. This happens on both of my machines:
http://web.mac.com/csearles/iWeb/Site%202/Photos%202.html
G 4 Cube Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Hello Chris.
Apparently noone at Apple cares enough to
respond to this issue...
Sorry you and at least one other person are experiencing this problem but FYI - this is a user to user help forum only that is provided and moderated by Apple so it is a very rare when an Apple employee responds direct to a post or thread here.
Since I haven't experienced the same and this is the first I've seen such a problem reported, this issue may be caused by a problem with the iCal preference file.
Quit the iCal.app first and locate the iCal preference file in your Preferences folder at Home > Library > Preferences. Move the iCal preference file to the Desktop.
Launch iCal and check your iCal settings since all settings are stored in the preference file for the application.
If this resolves it, you can delete the old iCal preference file from the Desktop. If you can determine this doesn't resolve it before updating any preference settings, you can replace the new preference file created with the old preference file placed on the Desktop with the application quit before doing so.

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