#first method..this attempts to just get anything out there and show it to me
    print $cgi->h3("First cookie retrieval method...");
    my %cookies = parse CGI::Cookie($ENV{COOKIE});
    foreach (keys %cookies) {
        print $cgi->h2("START $_ => $cookies{$_}");
    }
    print $cgi->h3("End first method.");

    #second method...like the first, doesn't look for a particular cookie
    print $cgi->h3("Second retrieval method...");
    %cookies = fetch CGI::Cookie;
    foreach (keys %cookies) {
        print $cgi->h3("START $_ => $cookies{$_}");
    }
    print $cgi->h3("End second method");

    #this was my original method...tries to get only the cookie that I set
    #then parses it's value to retrieve the data I wanted from it
    if(defined(my $cookieHolder = $cgi->cookie(-name=>'botLogin'))){
        print $cgi->h3("Retrieved cookie named botLoginName: $cookieHolder");
    }
    else{
        print $cgi->h3("No cookie retrieved.");
    }