[jQuery] The .ready() event

[jQuery] The .ready() event

Is $(document) the only thing that .ready(..) should be applied to?
When a page has a form on it with an item which should logically have the focus by default, I like to bung in some JS to focus on that element ASAP.
It's not necessary for the entire DOM to be ready to do that, only the textbox.
The following code works but I just want someone to tell me whether I'm being dumb or not ;-)
<blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">
$("#noJavascriptWarning").ready(function() { </blockquote><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">   $("#noJavascriptWarning").hide();
</blockquote><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote"><div>});
</div></blockquote>
Additionally, if that <span style="font-style: italic;">
is</span> a sensible thing to do can I get the jQuery/DOM object in the function or do I have to select it again?
The 'this' in the function is a Document object, hence me thinking .ready() perhaps shouldn't be applied to anything but $(document).
TIA, happy nearly weekend all :-)
--rob
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