[muddling]

Come to think of it, a "mini calendar" with the dates of the next 14 days, laid out in standard month-view calendar positions, would let the user pick a due date that is a short distance in the future with one click. Wouldn't take much screen space, three week lines max, and would be easy to code (well, except for accurate prediction of leap days). Another way to skin the cat (with apologies to my cat).