jQuery.print = function(message, insertionType) {
  if (typeof(message) == 'object') {
    var string = '{<br />',
        values = [],
        counter = 0;
    $.each(message, function(key, value) {
      if (value && value.nodeName) {
        var domnode = '&lt;' + value.nodeName.toLowerCase();
        domnode += value.className ? ' class="' + value.className + '"' : '';
        domnode += value.id ? ' id="' + value.id + '"' : '';
        domnode += '&gt;';
        value = domnode;
      }
      values[counter++] = key + ': ' + value;
    });
    string += values.join(',<br />');
    string += '<br />}';
    message = string;
  }

  var $output = $('#print-output');
  
  if ($output.length === 0) {
    $output = $('<div id="print-output" />').appendTo('body');
  }
  
  var $newMessage = $('<div class="print-output-line" />');
  $newMessage.html(message);
  insertionType = insertionType || 'append';
  $output[insertionType]($newMessage);
};