Help Bring Google to Troy This Afternoon!

Firstly, let’s get this out of the way: TROY WHAT! Secondly, if you’re in or from Troy, be sure to be in Monument Square in downtown Troy this afternoon.

Be there...or Uncle Sam will find you.

The Troygle team is holding a rally in support of Troy’s bid for Google’s high-speed broadband network. Not being very tech savvy, I’m not 100% sure how it works. I think it means, though, that we’re all going to get hardwired in to an artificial central nervous system, like The Borg from “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” Which means not only will we all be awesome cyborgs, we’ll also get to travel around in cubes!

That or it would provide a competitively priced alternative to wireless internet in the city at speeds over 100 times faster than the average broadband speed in the United States. I’m a little murky on the details.

Our competition is stiff and fierce. Topeka, Kansas recently went so far as to temporarily rename itself Google, Kansas. While we proud Trojans would never stoop to such shameless levels, we’ll be darned of we get shown up by Topeka.

There are plans to have over 100 people dressed as Uncle Sam. If you have an old outfit in the basement, dig it out and join in! They’ll also be passing out those flagged-up stovepipe hats much like the one adorned by Troy’s favorite son.

Also in attendance will be The Hellions of Troy along with another roller derby team (my apologies to the ladies; I honestly have no idea what the other team is).

The event runs from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. Be there!