Ivan K
@ivankander.bsky.social
Repping the DMV. Bad filmmaker. Mediocre motion designer.
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www.lucky9studios.com
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Sent off the follow-up e-mails. Made a cup of tea. Currently unwinding by trying to put together a cursed candy company's family tree.
January 5, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Sent off the follow-up e-mails. Made a cup of tea. Currently unwinding by trying to put together a cursed candy company's family tree.
It's "good morning, happy new year, circling back" e-mail day to all who celebrate
January 5, 2026 at 3:43 PM
It's "good morning, happy new year, circling back" e-mail day to all who celebrate
First work day of the year. Take a deep breath. Make a roux.
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There Isn't Time to Make a Roux
What we can learn from making a New Year’s vegan gumbo
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January 5, 2026 at 2:50 PM
First work day of the year. Take a deep breath. Make a roux.
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Our long national nightmare is finally over.*
*I shaved my mustache
*I shaved my mustache
January 2, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Our long national nightmare is finally over.*
*I shaved my mustache
*I shaved my mustache
The algorithm really doesn't understand Dredge at all.
December 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The algorithm really doesn't understand Dredge at all.
Read some real bangers this year. Lonesome Dove was a bit of a project but it’s an American masterpiece.
December 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Read some real bangers this year. Lonesome Dove was a bit of a project but it’s an American masterpiece.
The world feels really bad right now so I decided to roast a chicken.
Happy New Year, folks. Be kind to those around you!
Happy New Year, folks. Be kind to those around you!
How To Roast A Chicken
I don’t have the tools to face the current state of the world, but I do know how to cook.
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December 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The world feels really bad right now so I decided to roast a chicken.
Happy New Year, folks. Be kind to those around you!
Happy New Year, folks. Be kind to those around you!
Thanks to @jeffcannata.bsky.social for recommending "Death Howl" on @dlchypetrain.bsky.social. A game that feels like it was built for me.
December 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Thanks to @jeffcannata.bsky.social for recommending "Death Howl" on @dlchypetrain.bsky.social. A game that feels like it was built for me.
Scott’s newsletter has been a highlight of my week for five years running. Subscribe so he can keep making Skyline stunt food.
I am going to take some time off from being online the next couple of weeks but I put some good stuff online this year and this is a recap of some of it
New Action Cookbook Newsletter!
I'm preparing for a much-needed Yule log-off, but before I slam my laptop shut, I've got some superlatives to hand out for the Year That Was on the ACBN.
(Free to all today!)
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I'm preparing for a much-needed Yule log-off, but before I slam my laptop shut, I've got some superlatives to hand out for the Year That Was on the ACBN.
(Free to all today!)
www.actioncookbook.com/laptop-slamm...
December 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Scott’s newsletter has been a highlight of my week for five years running. Subscribe so he can keep making Skyline stunt food.
Client just pulled the plug on a project that was potentially going to be a rush job over the holidays, and honestly, it was the perfect Hannukah gift.
December 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Client just pulled the plug on a project that was potentially going to be a rush job over the holidays, and honestly, it was the perfect Hannukah gift.
As someone with a Substack that nobody reads, I am obligated by the terms and conditions to make a #TopTen list.
Feel free to jump into the comments to yell at me for how wrong I am.
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Feel free to jump into the comments to yell at me for how wrong I am.
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The 2025 Watchlist: My Ten Favorite Things I Watched This Year
Lists! We’re obligated to make them!
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December 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
As someone with a Substack that nobody reads, I am obligated by the terms and conditions to make a #TopTen list.
Feel free to jump into the comments to yell at me for how wrong I am.
thereisnttimeforthat.substack.com/p/the-2025-w...
Feel free to jump into the comments to yell at me for how wrong I am.
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I finally saw "Caught Stealing" and it made me wish more A-list directors would make B-movies.
“Caught Stealing” and the Argument that More Filmmakers Should Make Movies
I watched a movie this week and I was very much entertained.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I finally saw "Caught Stealing" and it made me wish more A-list directors would make B-movies.
Getting the flu the week I don't have a ton of work to do is a real Monkey's Paw situation.
December 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Getting the flu the week I don't have a ton of work to do is a real Monkey's Paw situation.
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UGH. I wrote something sincere about writing. www.bobbymillertime.com/p/the-raptur...
The Rapture of Writing
SPOILER ALERT: Sincerity.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
UGH. I wrote something sincere about writing. www.bobbymillertime.com/p/the-raptur...
New newsletter: #Hogwartslegacy is now on Game Pass so I tried to play it. It made me feel weird. #videogames
You Cant Go Home Again: "Hogwarts Legacy" and the Impossible Task of Separating the Artist from their Art
I tried to play the open-world Harry Potter game. It made me feel weird.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
New newsletter: #Hogwartslegacy is now on Game Pass so I tried to play it. It made me feel weird. #videogames
The cool thing about the new Vimeo interface is that it now takes 15 clicks to make a simple review link for a video. Good stuff! Love when a product consistently gets worse over time.
December 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The cool thing about the new Vimeo interface is that it now takes 15 clicks to make a simple review link for a video. Good stuff! Love when a product consistently gets worse over time.
Eddington is a Thanksgiving movie. No, I'm not a crackpot.
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Eddington is a Thanksgiving Movie
How Ari Aster’s pandemic conspiracy western shows what happens when the silos of American society are forced to crash into one another.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Eddington is a Thanksgiving movie. No, I'm not a crackpot.
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Me 5 minutes into any movie that we start after 9:00 pm.
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Me 5 minutes into any movie that we start after 9:00 pm.
Smugly proud that I have no idea what the Chat GPT interface even looks like.
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Smugly proud that I have no idea what the Chat GPT interface even looks like.
New Newsletter!
I bought a new TV and made me insane: an unhinged rant about motion smoothing and AI buzzwords. #Hisense
I bought a new TV and made me insane: an unhinged rant about motion smoothing and AI buzzwords. #Hisense
My Smart TV’s Settings are Making Me Insane
An unhinged rant about unnecessary features, marketing buzzwords, and, of course, motion smoothing
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November 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
New Newsletter!
I bought a new TV and made me insane: an unhinged rant about motion smoothing and AI buzzwords. #Hisense
I bought a new TV and made me insane: an unhinged rant about motion smoothing and AI buzzwords. #Hisense
On this week's newsletter, I attempted to make kid friendly mac and cheese. It was harder than you think. #recipes #macandcheese
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This Isn’t Time to Make Macaroni and Cheese
My quest to make “homemade” kid-approved macaroni and cheese
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November 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
On this week's newsletter, I attempted to make kid friendly mac and cheese. It was harder than you think. #recipes #macandcheese
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Yeah, sex is great, but have you ever just thrown a bunch of stuff away?
November 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Yeah, sex is great, but have you ever just thrown a bunch of stuff away?
For any one wondering, yes, middle schoolers are still doing this 30 years later…
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
For any one wondering, yes, middle schoolers are still doing this 30 years later…
New newsletter! "The Chair Company" is terrific—Tim Robinson is our nation's luminary in expressing the mundane insanity of boring cubicle life. #TimRobinson #TheChairCompany
Tim Robinson Isn’t Crazy. The World Is.
How "The Chair Company" captures the mundane insanity of “normal” life
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November 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
New newsletter! "The Chair Company" is terrific—Tim Robinson is our nation's luminary in expressing the mundane insanity of boring cubicle life. #TimRobinson #TheChairCompany
Guys, I'm super happy and all, but there's really no reason I should know this much about NYC politics.
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Guys, I'm super happy and all, but there's really no reason I should know this much about NYC politics.