Unpredictable. Unfocused. Just like life.

I live about an hour west of Toronto - when there's no traffic that is. On a normal morning it could take up to two hours to get from my house to downtown Toronto where I'm headed today to visit the nice folks at b5media. I do not find that to be a pleasant drive.

So I decided to take the train - Via Rail. Just under $50 for the round trip including tax. About an hour and a half travel time while I relax with a paper and my Macbook. And you can get coffee and food (and drinks on the way home) right at your seat. The train drops you at Union Station right downtown where you can also just hop right on to the subway if need be.

I got pretty excited when the Macbook detected a ViaTrain WiFi hub, which turned out to be pay for play. Unfortunately I couldn't even get to the Rates page so I couldn't sign up. There's one place where free WiFi would be great.

The schedules unfortunately force me to stay in Toronto all day long, but I can't imagine or recommend a more pleasant trip to the city.

Update: I triedthe WiFi on the way home as well. No luck. I couldn't get to the sign up page. Perhaps somebody at Via Rail should take a look at it.