You know those plastic shades on floor lamps that protect the light bulb and make it not excruciatingly bright? Those are apparently there for a reason.

When I brought a floor lamp to Madison, the lamp broke a little bit in the car so the plastic lamp shade shattered and was no longer usable. The base of the lamp broke too so the concrete base is no longer connected to the upright rod, so the lamp doesn’t stand up straight very well.

This lamp toppled over today.

The light bulb got smashed into the wall.

So yeah, if you have a broken floor lamp in your room, you might want to put foam or padding on all your walls so the light bulb doesn’t shatter into 30 pieces if the lamp happens to tip over.