The more they change? That doesn't sound right, but does seem to apply to what's going on right now: it looks like I will be heading down to SoCal next week to interview with a network security company. The contact came through an ex-colleague from the Network ICE/ISS days.
No matter what happens, however, we will
not be moving back to SoCal. The only reason I expressed interest when I was initially contacted was that the position would be work-from-home. This would be a pretty big change from the current 80-mile round trip I do every day... and with the money I wouldn't be spending on gas, I could afford to have a business-class Internet connection installed at home.