I am off on a jobsite without my trusty Perl CD Bookshelf.

I need(want) to pass named parameters to a subroutine, ala CGI..

do_this_cool_function (-retire=>'early', -payscale=>-55.00, -pizza=>'cold', -beer=>none);

I'm using 'use strict' and '-w'. The compiler throws up on my shoes with
"Can't use string ("-spot") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use at t.pl line 13."

A) What do I need to do remove this error,
B) How do I access the named arguments in the subroutine?.