spiffy_data.js

var $$ = function(param) {
  var node = $(param)[0];
  var id = $.data(node);
  $.cache[id] = $.cache[id] || {};
  $.cache[id].node = node;
  return $.cache[id];
};

// Now, instead of doing $("#foo").data("foo") and ("#foo").data("foo", "bar"),
// you can do $$("#foo").foo and $$("#foo").foo = bar.

// from: http://yehudakatz.com/2009/04/20/evented-programming-with-jquery/