jquery.fetch.js

// inspired by http://www.dustindiaz.com/async-method-queues/
// (don't actually use this gist; there are better ways)

(function($) {
    $.fetch = function(url) {
        if (!(this instanceof $.fetch)) {
            return new $.fetch(url);
        }

        var q = this.q = $({}),
            self = this;

        $.get(url, function(resp){
            self.collection = resp;
            q.dequeue('async');
        });

        return this;
    };

    for (var method in $.fn) {
        (function(m) {
            $.fetch.prototype[m] = function() {
                var self = this,
                    args = arguments;

                self.q.queue('async', function(next) {
                    self.collection = jQuery.fn[m].apply(self.collection, args);
                    next();
                });

                return self;
            };
        })(method)
    }
})(jQuery);


// then...

var queue = $.fetch('/some/html/').appendTo('#foo'); // etc