Snake crisis

OK readers, I need your brainpower here.

My neighbor came over this morning and told me that he saw a snake crawl up into a crevice at my house yesterday.

It evidently killed a bird and spent about 10 more minutes eating eggs out of its nest, I assume.

I'm concerned about the presence of the crevice, which is on my to-do list of things to fix.

I'm also concerned about how to safely remove the remaining bird from the pair.

But I'm even more concerned about the possibility of a snake getting into my house. I'd like to keep it away, but don't necessarily want to kill it.

Any thoughts or solutions?

I'm ssssseriousssssly creeped out.

A day's work

Today was Drew Brooks' first day at his new paper. My friend who works there e-mailed me a photo of Mr. Brooks learning his new ropes.