NEMO? REALLY?

This guy?  

Meet Nemo.  He's this itty, bitty little clownfish with a fin underdeveloped.  Last I checked, he is not a wicked winter storm about to blanket the Northeast.  

Yet, The Weather Channel has christened our latest whacking of extreme weather after a character in a popular Pixar film.  The New York Times opines:

"A Fish, Er, Storm Named Nemo"

The other day I texted my sister with a note for my nephew (Nemo fan, bona fide), which read, "Note to my nephew:  There is a winter storm bearing down on the east coast, and they're calling it, 'Nemo.'"  She said he smiled when he heard that.  Me?  I rolled my eyes.  I'm of the mind that we get beyond the naming conventions that are cute and occasionally arcane (Iago?  Really? What is this, Othello?), and just get down to calling these storms what they really are:  "Excuses to Stay Inside, Canoodle, and Eat Junk Food."

(But that's just me.)

This afternoon, I went over to the grocery store to pick up some food.  I bought healthy things like chicken and Tilapia, not to mention mixed greens, clementines and soup.  My basket featured milk, eggs, and just for good measure, two rolls of paper towel.  The line of people who were waiting to check out snaked its way through the aisles, and when I finally found what I believed to be the end, I asked the redhead in front of me, "Are you, by chance, the end of the line?"  

She was, and after exchanging a pair of pleasant smiles, I caught a glimpse into her basket.  No joke, this girl had:

1.  Frozen Pizza

2.  A box of Cheese Nips

3.  Tostino Pizza Rolls

4.  A block of cheddar cheese

5.  Chips Ahoy Cookies

6.  Skippy Peanut Butter

7.  Microwave popcorn

8.  A packet of hot dogs (but surprisingly, no hot dog buns)

9.  Ice cream

Based on the contents of her basket, I'm pretty much convinced that the woman cannot cook, but never mind that.  She's got the junk food, and I would bet that we're both on board with the notion of staying inside.  Now, all I have to do is work on getting this cutie to canoodle.

(Because on this weekend or any other, it's not "Nemo" that I am looking to find.)