We've got that problem too. During our nightly petting sessions (more like our nightly "mom you're not leaving this couch until you pet me sessions) Tubby will sit on top of me, and I can feel a bunch of little shocks come through his feet as I run my hand down his back. It's kinda neat - I like the "animal magnetism" theory - and he doesn't seem to mind either. What he doesn't like is sometimes when he goes to sniff me he'll get snapped, then he'll look at me like I did it on purpose or something. Our humidifier is also attached to our furnace, but it obviously working right anymore since both Terry and I have learned....whenever I come home from work, or before I leave in the morning, or before we go to bed, or when we wake up, or if I'm going to bed and he's staying up, or I guess whenever we're going to give each other a quick little kiss, we always touch our hands first, 'cause I guess it's nice that the sparks still fly between us, but not literally!

And for the dry, fly away, sticky hair, just use a drop or two of conditioner. If you find the right one it won't weigh your hair down, but will stop the sticky static hair.