+1  A: 

here's an example that should help:

<?php
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
$sticky=get_option('sticky_posts');
$args=array(
   'cat'=>3,
   'caller_get_posts'=>1,
   'post__not_in' => $sticky,
   'paged'=>$paged,
   );
query_posts($args);
?>

query_posts

jay.lee