I have a fix...for the phpnuke side of the coin anyway
i could view the random block once...then it would crap out with the ERROR: requested index [] out of bounds message.
I went into the block_random file and changed the cache time from 86400 to 5. works every time. of course i get a new photo every time i refresh the page...i think its supposed to work that way...correct me if i'm wrong.
anyway, my block works now... woohooooo
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