$("li.menu_item span").map(function(x) x.innerHTML)
for that particular exaple, you could also steal pluck() from Prototype.js:
$("li.menu_item span").pluck("innerHTML")
$("li.menu_item span").map(function(x) x.innerHTML)
for that particular exaple, you could also steal pluck() from Prototype.js:
$("li.menu_item span").pluck("innerHTML")