Great story--you had such a great handle on all the scientific information! You were really 'in' Dr. Klein's world here
As he entered the foyer and began wrestling out of his coat, he breathed deeply, the myriad scents of fir trees and ginger snaps, of hot apple cider and cinnamon stimulating the G-protein coupled receptors on the olfactory receptor neurons in his superior nasal cavity, generating a unique pattern of neuronal depolarization that positively breathed the word ‘Christmas.’
Nothing gets you in the Christmas spirit like hearing about olfactory receptor neutrons
“What did I do wrong?” he wondered softly to himself, his childlike effervescence at the holiday season slowly draining from him.
“Why would someone put coal in my stocking?”
GREAT ending! Loved it....
What a fun story--really creative how accurately you portrayed Dr. Klein! Great job
Laura
