Special One Book/One Community Event. Free presentation by Don Thomas, Space Shuttle Astronaut, on Thursday, Oct. 22 at 7 PM at Kent State University Trumbull, campus auditorium (4314 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren).
A facepalm (sometimes also face-palm or face palm) is the physical gesture of placing one's hand across one's face or lowering one's face into one's hand or hands, covering or closing one's eyes. The gesture is often exaggerated by giving the motion more force and making a slapping noise when the hand comes in contact with the face.
Meaning of The Face of the Other Since I'm not quite ready to get back to Groundhog Day, I thought I'd throw in an explanation of the title of this blog site. The face of the Other is a phrase used by Emmanuel Levinas, an important twentieth-century philosopher who has won my deep interest and admiration. I'll make two clarifying points and then give some quotations from Levinas: