(read: blah, blah, blah)

BP:

(read: blah, blah, blah...) is a somewhat clumsy literary convention meant to assure that the reader understands not only what is being stated, but the subtext of the statement and its relationship to something that was already said.

You can blame the Xavierians,Jesuits and Dominicans who educated me for that one! I'll try to be more clear in the future.

Blessings,
Michael