Illustration by Max-o-matic; Covid: Radoslav Zilinsky/Getty; Gun Couple: Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP; Hegar: Eric Gay/AP; D Souza: John Raoux/AP; Corn Dog: Susie Oszustowicz/Courtesy of CornDog With No Name; Powell: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP; Boat: Bob Daemmrich; Paxton: Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP; Donkey: Gooddenka/Getty; Abbott: Ronald Martinez/Getty; Cornyn: Susan Walsh/Getty; Patrick: Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP; Possum: RF Pictures/Getty
Let’s face it: 2020 was no one’s favorite year. From the deeply tragic (a pandemic that took too many of our lives) to the deeply comic (a pair of Arlington drivers who found a novel way to wash their cars), this was perhaps the craziest, stupidest, Bum Steeriest year in