This is a paragraph of text with class="goofy." It has anexternal link, some $(code), and a same-page link. list item 1 with dummy link to silly.pdf list item 2 with class="goofy" list item 3 list item 4 with silly link to silly.pdf  $('li:eq(0)') gets the first list item  $('li:even') gets all odd-numbered list items (because, in javascript, numbering starts with 0, not 1).  $('li:lt(3)') gets the first 3 list items. "lt" stands for "less than," and it starts counting at 0, not 1.  $('li:not(.goofy)') gets list items 1, 2, and 4, because they're not "goofy."  $('p a[href*=#]') gets any links that are inside a paragraph and have an "href" attribute starting with "#" — containing "#" anywhere. in other words, same-page links. There are problems with trying to identify same-page links this way. I'll write about this in an upcoming entry. Note the space between the "p" and the "a"; that means that the "a" is a descendant of the "p."  $('code, li.goof..