Do you remember where you were on 1–31–07?

Obviously you can find a lot of things on CraigsList, and as anyone who has read Best of CraigsList knows, it is often hilarious.

Tuesday's wealth of new DVD releases means there is plenty of praise and shame to heap on.

Lucky for me Videoport Jones, Videoport's chief strategist, film historian and quilter, is here to do some of the heavy lifting.

"The Ten," "The Invasion," "The King of California," and "The King of Kong." We've got a full boat today.

It's Monday. You know it, I know it. I'm coming off a bitter doughnut/brunch experience yesterday that still has me rattled. Let's dispense with the pleasantries and just get on with this thing.

Feels funny doesn't it, no hype machine spinning out of control for a big game this weekend? No college football, no NFL playoffs. It's nice isn't it, kinda of relaxing, right?

Enjoy it because by this time next weekend when we're up to our eyeballs in coverage, analysts, studio hosts and beer commercials you'll want an escape.

Oh we're back and getting better every day here on the NXT desk. A quick note for those of you who have asked and those that are just observant – the podcast is not dead, it's just on a short hiatus. With the holiday and some scheduling things we've been off the rails for a bit here. We'll be back up next week.

And with that, let's get into the good stuff: bacon, fast cars, paintball and "Fight Club" the musical.

I spent most of yesterday nursing a bottle of cough syrup and some Zicam, hence the absence in blog world. But fear not, because Videoport Jones never sleeps.
Well, he rarely sleeps. He's just that dedicated – some may say obsessed – with movies.

Here's this week's new releases.

Since I didn't have time to put together The Scanner yesterday I thought we'd double things up today for the weekend.

Consequences have actions, even the ones we don’t think about. If you take the “butterfly effect” as fact and apply it outside of science and bad Aston Kutcher films, almost anything we do must have some unintended aftermath, right?

- The Tenacious D, "Rock Your Socks Off"

The weather...well, we won't get into that. But let's just say it's the perfect time to catch up on a few movies.

Lucky for you Videport Jones stops by each week to talk about new releases.

Stock up.

If only it was politics.
The debate I am talking about is not as far–reaching, but could be just as divisive.

I'm talking about Old Port vs. Congress Street.

Zombies. Freakin' zombies.

I cannot stress this enough. There will be actual zombies on the streets of Portland this weekend.

Not since the Kickball Affair has the city been in this much danger.
I've said it before and I'll say it again until people heed my words...if you need me, I'll be holed up at Rosie's with a shotgun.

Since I'm the closest thing to a "technology" reporter for this fair establishment, I'm setting aside the pop culture in this week's Scanner in favor of more gadgets, toys and expensive high–tech goodness.

Why, you may ask?

CES.

Usually when people march it's for a cause, right? Some injustice or struggle that has sparked the masses to leave their seats and take to the streets.

Mr. Jones got to run solo last week and no one got injured. I'd say that's a win–win.
But even I'm not lazy enough to take another day off and let him run wild for a consecutive week.

So I'm back, the second chair to Mr. Videoport Jones, and his picks of this week's new DVD releases.

So, what did I miss?

Spending New Years with Prince, Brother Ali, Hüsker Dü and Adrian Petersen took a lot out of me. Combine that with the fact that Portland is getting more snowed in than Minneapolis, and I'll be out for a few more days. In the meantime, here's today's substitute teacher...Mr. Videoport Jones, doing what he loves the most, talking about this week's new releases on DVD.