Playful "Experience Collector" Resume (2026)

BILL BERRY (Mr. Bill Berry)

Professional Human Experience Collector

Also Known As: The Sword Swallowing Yogi

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

Performed Oktoberfest in Bahrain for 500 enthusiastic Marines

Worked on 7 cruise lines and spent over a year of life at sea on one ship

Stood on stage in front of 23,000 people and survived

Accumulated millions of views online

Won multiple World Championships

Set Guinness World Records

Thrown ten balls in the air and caught every one

Juggled flaming chainsaws

Lit myself on fire on purpose

Cut a wedding cake with a knife zip-tied to a sword I was swallowing

Been naked on stage for the sake of art

Practiced until my hands bled

Woke early, performed late, repeated

LITERARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Been published in other people’s books

Written three books of my own

Built a life reckless enough to require documentation

Read over 1000 books

TRAVEL & ADVENTURE

Visited 85 countries and all 50 U.S. states

Visited 35 countries and 24 states in one year

Been to Cozumel over 100 times

Packed ten lifetimes into one

Driven rental cars through places that felt like an action film

White-water rafted in Montana

Hang glided

Rock climbed

Jumped off a waterfall in Venezuela

Surfed a 20-foot wave

Hugged redwoods in Marin

Watched army ants march through Costa Rica

Chased a cruise ship for a week

Gone three days without sleep

Watched the sun rise three times on one trip

CULTURE, ART & TIME TRAVEL

Walked beneath the Duomo

Circled Michelangelo’s David

Seen a da Vinci at the National Gallery in D.C.

Visited the Hermitage and the Russian Versailles

Seen the Vasa Museum

Stood in front of Dalí’s original bread painting

Meditated in the square of Pompeii

FOOD RESEARCH DIVISION

Pizza in New York

Barbecue in South Carolina

Ribs in Texas

Kosher in Key West

Halibut in Alaska

Pierogi in Poland

Croissants in France

Sushi in Japan

Five In-N-Out burgers in one sitting

HIGH-RISK FIELD EXPERIENCE

Had guns pointed at me by good guys and bad guys

Had a knife at my throat

Been robbed

Been in a shootout in Jamaica

Stopped a rape

Stolen two cars and never been arrested

Tattooed the word "JUGGLE" on the inside of my lower lip

Bitten by a stingray in Grand Cayman in a location that made the story unforgettable

AGRICULTURE & ANIMALS

Planted a garden with over 80 fruiting trees

Raised chickens

Befriended street cats on five continents

Spent $3000 on one pair of pants

LOVE & HUMANITY

Loved, lost, loved again

Tipped a blind musician $100

Offered a helping hand when it was most needed

PERSONAL RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

If you’re hungry and cannot eat, sleep

If you’re tired and cannot sleep, eat

Never buy your food where you buy your gas

Anything worth doing is worth overdoing