i forgot,with an normal "each" (not using livequery) and a jquery- plugin, it works ....
$.fn.andThen = function(cb) { cb.call(this); return this; } $(document).ready(function() { $('div.rating').each(function() { $('#log').append("<li>" + $(this).text() + "</li>"); }).andThen(function(){ $('#log').append("<li>andThen</li>"); }); }); output: 1 2 3 andThen