{"id":4082,"date":"2007-08-01T19:39:28","date_gmt":"2007-08-02T02:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/08\/01\/true-blood\/"},"modified":"2019-12-20T15:28:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T23:28:52","slug":"true-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/08\/01\/true-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"True Blood"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5872,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.imdb.com\\\/title\\\/tt0844441&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260227081115\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.imdb.com\\\/title\\\/tt0844441\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-08 15:23:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:202},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30 12:11:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:202},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 23:45:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:202}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 23:45:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:202},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4322,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.utilikilts.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260101183407\\\/https:\\\/\\\/utilikilts.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-07 03:25:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-22 11:15:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30 05:25:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 19:06:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 19:06:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5873,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.imdb.com\\\/name\\\/nm0001593&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260228235505\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.imdb.com\\\/name\\\/nm0001593\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-08 15:23:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30 12:11:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:202},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 23:45:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:202}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 23:45:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:202},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Since I don&#8217;t have cable (and have no plans to <em>get<\/em> cable), I may have to fire up the ol&#8217; BitTorrent downloader for a new HBO show coming out this fall called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0844441\/\" title=\"IMDB: True Blood\">True Blood<\/a>. I&#8217;ve never heard of it &#8217;till just a few minutes ago, but this blurb caught my eye&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  &#8230;perhaps a new TV show called \u201cTrue Blood\u201d might be more to your liking. Starring Anna Paquin, and currently in production, it looks as if one of their characters is going to be outfitted in one of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utilikilts.com\/\" title=\"Utilikilts\">our<\/a> denim [Utilikilts], according to writer\/director Alan Ball (\u201dSix Feet Under\u201d, \u201cAmerican Beauty\u201d, \u201cGrace Under Fire\u201d, etc). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0844441\/\" title=\"IMDB: True Blood\">The show\u2019s premise<\/a> is that vampires have finally decided to come out of the proverbial closet, and become members of public society. This causes some consternation for bartender and mind-reader Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), since she can see what the vampires really think&#8230;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001593\/\" title=\"IMDB: Anna Paquin\">Anna Paquin<\/a>, vampires, and Utilikilts in the same show? Sounds to me like it&#8217;ll at least be worth checking out an episode or three.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anna Paquin, vampires, and Utilikilts in the same show? 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