That rules Tom Cruise out then.

He's not an Octogenarian yet... Though it would help if he had more than two expressions.

So... with that pet peeve, do you get upset whenever Dresden talks about pyromancy, ectomancy, or halfadozenothersomancy?

You could start with the literal Ur-example, the Sumerian Gallu:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallu

So... from the takes I've seen from other people Gallu are snakelike undead, right? I understand that they are demons, but as far as how they'd be portrayed as an undead creature, it would be snakelike?

Have to disagree on both counts.  Binder was slippery, but not a coward at all.  He was intelligent, and that included a healthy understanding of his relative abilities vs full fledged members of the Council, and a healthy fear of the kind of monster Lara could be (which harry shared at that particular moment.  That being said, Mark Sheppard's character in Firefly struck a similar balance of small-fish arrogance with his character in Firefly.

His character in Supernatural also has about the same arrogance, that's what screamed Binder to me and is why I agree with you.

Dresden's my bag, not Potter.  Potter's for kids.

How about Joanne Kelly as Lara Raith?

I would go with Jaime Murray from Warehouse 13 before Joanne Kelly. Joanne Kelly was already cast for Bianca in the series, however.

He can do villain, but he's a little to good at sarcastic for Nic, I think. I could see him for Binder, maybe, as a villain.

Something Ive been trying to pin down.  Who out there has the feline grace and asymmetric yet roguishly charming features to pull of the Erlking?

Isn't Gerard Butler supposed to play all roguishly handsome tough guys these days, or did that move on to someone else?

What I find pretty stunning is that Harry summoned(or encountered, in the case of the mother summer) all of the senior powers of faerie in a very short period of time. Bro goes hard. Also, mother winter is a stone cold boss. She is most definitely the scariest queen. Butcher has a talent for developing characters like her very richly. I had to chuckle with the whole window soot thing and cleaver business. I wonder what would have happened to the poor boy if the cleaver had hit him...(also what the heck is it made out of? I've always wondered what the fae use instead of steel. I don't think I would put it past the mothers to actually use real steel/iron, though.)
The only thing that is really ticking me off about this book is Harry's freaking messed up daughter issues. It totally jars my image of his character to see him scared to introduce himself to his daughter's life. Yeah, yeah, he has reasons, but I think a big warm fuzzy soul like Harry's is not going to scare away anyone. The girl won't be afraid of big scarred dudes, Michael and Sanya are around all the time. I wish he could have gone to see her before the whole Molly/Maeve thingy went and added a whole layer of distraction. Makes me sad, folks.

That is absolutely believable on many levels. First, Dresden doesn't know her likes or dislikes, her wants or fears. He doesn't have a place in her life and doesn't have a purchase to close in with her other than "I had sex with and killed your mom... wanna play Barbies?" Second, Dresden isn't the most emotionally stable person EVEN WITHOUT the mantle. Add in the mantle, he's pretty much a monster in the making. He has to learn to control that before he can even consider getting involved in her life. Third, Harry feels like he screwed up with Molly, something fierce. He probably doesn't want to "try try again" with a nine-year-old girl. And fourth, she's at Michael's house. Michael got out and Harry feels guilty as hell for what happened to him to get him out. Michael wants out and Harry doesn't want to bring him back in, conscious or unconscious. He screws up the lives of everyone he touches, something fierce (in his eyes, not mine.) Why would bring that on his daughter and back onto Michael?