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Hi Bryan, thanks for the tip.

I’ve decided to remove the nested loop for now. The way I was envisioning it it creates a bit of confusion for the user. Great idea in concept, but not in execution.

Hi Mark! Thank you! It’s working ALMOST perfectly. I really appreciate your time.

The UL small-posts is now randomizing correctly without affecting the second post, which is what I needed. The only problem that’s happening now is that the small-posts UL is embeded within the overall “post” class, so the four small posts show up within the boundaries of the post. I tried to modify the code a little, all I did was move up the closing div for the post class above the UL, but I still get the same result. How can I make the UL show up between the posts independent of the post class?

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="content">

	<?php
	// First query
	$my_query = new WP_Query;
	$my_query->query( array( 'post_type' => 'clipping' ) );

	// If first query have posts
	if( $my_query->have_posts() ) :

		$count = 0; 

		// While first query have posts
		while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); 

			// Setup vars
			$count++;
			$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;
			$clipping_image = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'clipping_image', true );
			$subtitle = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'subtitle', true );
			$incr_number = get_post_meta( $post->ID,'incr_number',true);
			$terms_of_post = get_the_term_list( $post->ID, 'types', '','', '', '' );
		?>

		<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><!-- start post -->

			<div class="entry-content">
				<?php if( $clipping_image ) : ?><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><img src="<?php echo $clipping_image ?>"></a><?php endif; ?>
				<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
				<?php if( $subtitle ) echo $subtitle; ?>
				<p><?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?></p>
				<p class="category"><?php if( $incr_number ) echo "#$incr_number"; ?> Posted in <?php if( $terms_of_post ) echo $terms_of_post; ?></p>
			</div>
		 </div>
		 <!-- End post div -->

			<?php
			// If count is equal to 2
			if( $count == 2 ) : 

				// Second query
				$my_second_query = new WP_Query;
				$my_second_query->query( array( 'post_type' => 'clipping' , 'orderby' => 'rand' , 'posts_per_page' => '4' ) );

				// If second query have posts
				if( $my_second_query->have_posts() ) :
				?>

					<ul class="small-posts">

					<?php
					// While second query have posts
					while( $my_second_query->have_posts() ) : $my_second_query->the_post();

						// Setup vars
						$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;
						$incr_number_two = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'incr_number', true );
						?>

						<li>
							<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php image_attachment('clipping_image', 140, 140); ?></a>
							<?php if( $incr_number_two ) echo '<p class="small-post-number">'. "#$incr_number_two" . '</p>'; ?>
						</li>

						<?php
					// End second while have posts
					endwhile;
					?>

					</ul>

				<?php
				// End if second query have posts
				endif;

			// End if count is equal to 2
			endif;
			?>

		<?php
		// End first while have posts
		endwhile; 

	// End if first query have posts
	endif;
	?>

</div>
<!-- end content -->
<?php get_footer(); ?>

Thanks again for your help!!

I just found wp_set_post_categories. Could I use something like this?

if ( abs(time()-get_the_time('U')) > (.35*86400) ) {
	wp_set_post_categories( $post_ID, 4 );
	}
}