Man was I an idiot.One of my CFL lights had been dimming on and off for no reason for about 5 minutes and I wasn't paying any heed. There was also a growing burning smell and because I am a complete idiot, so involved in typing out backroom rebuttals, that I assumed someone in the kitchen was screwing up their meal. Then my light turned off suddenly and I was like, huh? Then I heard the pop and I grab my lab goggles and got the hell out, holding my breath. Put my goggles on, got a few breaths, then held it in again and ran back in my room opening my window, turning the power off for the lamp and turning on a fan pointing to the window.

After 5 minutes, I took out the lightbulb and disposed of it properly. This was the second one from the same batch that failed on me. I am beginning to suspect I bought cheap bulbs.