High quality IKEA lamps

Had a minor disaster tonight, caused by a crappy Swedish-designed, made-in-who-knows-where lamp. This particular lamp has never really stood up straight, but it never seemed unstable. The other day I noticed that it was really leaning, so I tried to tighten everything up, but it seemed like most of the threads were stripped. Tonight, I bumped into the base of the lamp with my vacuum, and down it all came. Bounced off my knee, hit the bookshelf and shattered. Also got a nice cut on the hand from the glass, too.

Note to self: don't buy lamps at IKEA again.