Bridget Everett and Upright Citizens' Brigade

We have been going comedy crazy over the last month. There's this super cheap comedy club about a 15 minute' walk from our apartment that we've been to a couple of times now, the Upright Citizens' Brigade. It's been $5-$10 both times we've been. Not bad for a Sunday night activity.

Bridget Everett is this crazy American lady, who does comedy and cabaret. She burst onto the stage, voice bellowing, tits flailing and caught everyone's attention. At one point, her tits fell out of her dress. Wow, what an entrance.

She was really funny, but stayed within her comfort zone of sex, vaginas and tits. In any case, she's an amazing role model for confident, larger ladies.

Roll on more comedy.

Using a Money Off Coupon... At the Pharmacy...

As I've ranted about previously, everything to do with healthcare in the US has a cost attached to it. The trouble is, it's never certain how much that cost will be. It fluctuates depending on the provider (what the insurance people call doctors), the pharmacy, the hospital and, of course, who your insurance is with, and whether you paid for the bells 'n' whistles package.

I got some medication prescribed by the doctor and after having learnt my lesson on previous occasion, stuck the name into Dr Google. Instantly, it came up, with people complaining that they had paid over $100 for said medication despite having insurance (OK, probably not very good coverage). In the same thread, one person kindly included a link from the manufacturer to a $20 off coupon.

Were my eyes deceiving me? Does that really happen? For a Brit, the thought of taking a random voucher that I randomly found on the internet to use alongside my prescription is ludicrous. Can you imagine going to myvouchers.com, printing off a coupon for a GSK-branded antibiotic and handing it in at your local Boots alongside you prescription? Imagine taking three quid off your eight quid prescription with the voucher; that'd be so weird.

So, as I have no shame, I trundled downstairs to the pharmacy and (sheepishly) handed the girl at the counter my prescription and my money off coupon supplied by Dr Google. Miraculously, the pharmacist accepted it and it brought my payment down from $50 to $30 (clearly, we only have average insurance coverage). Miracle of miracles!

America, you will never cease to amaze me.