function cookieVal(cookieName)
{
thisCookie = document.cookie.split("; ")
for (i=0; i<thisCookie.length; i++)
 {
 if (cookieName == thisCookie[i].split("=")[0]) { return thisCookie[i].split("=")[1] }
 }
return 0;
}

function setCookie(cookieName,cookieContent)
{
document.cookie = cookieName+"="+cookieContent+";expires="+expireDate.toGMTString()
}

function GiveMonster()
{
var hits = cookieVal("numHits");
hits++;
setCookie("numHits",hits);
}

expireDate=new Date
expireDate.setMonth(expireDate.getMonth()+36)