PHP link list: What's wrong with this script?

[LindaA]

The script below should be exluding items that are assigned to the "my-menu" category. However, they are still showing up. Can someone help me identify the logic flaw?\[code\]<?php global $post; $cat=get_cat_ID('my-menu'); $catHidden=get_cat_ID('hidden'); $count=0; $myposts2=get_posts(array('post__not_in'=>get_option('sticky_posts'),'cat'=>-$cat,'cat'=>-$catHidden,'showposts'=>5)); foreach($myposts2 as $post) : $count++; ?><li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2021305/<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li><?php endforeach; ?>\[/code\]