Thanks everyone for the help and advice. From all these comments, I've noticed a few repeating ideas:

1) Original Looks are the easiest. So I'm not crazy as these were the first clipless pedals I used way back and as usual, of course it takes a little while to get truly comfortable but there were no falls or other misery as it was never that difficult to click into them. The pedal was always aligned and didn't really do the devil's mystery spin that the smaller, lighter pedals do these days. I never had much trouble with them and loved them both for urban and longer rides.

2) Shimano SPD's seem reliably easy. Ok, not a big Shimano person but if something works, it works.

I still have my old Looks, giant white paperweights but might give them a reboot (ha, no pun intended) and see how they compare. I'm not ready to give up on the Time's yet though. I really like the design, float, weight. Also, while they aren't the easiest, at least when I get the wrong side up and try to click into the bottom, my foot doesn't slip off. With the Campy's, if I got the bottom, there was no grip at all and my foot would slip off with a vengeance. Something about that feeling which is frightening and horrible. But with the Time's, they are plastic (carbon) versus metal of the Campy's so the cleat will grab enough to allow me another revolution to retry righting the pedal and clipping in.
Also, although the Time's do self align with the rear down, they are very lightweight (about 99grams each IIRC) and when new, the bearings are tight and sometimes they won't completely align. I might attach a little weight to the back of the left pedal (the one I click in and out of at traffic lights) and see if this changes anything.
Oh, and a big deal is made about how the Time pedals don't require pushing the spring to click into them but instead when the pedal is open, it is held open with a clip and then when clicking into them, the clip is pushed away and the spring closes the pedal to grab the cleat. This sounded like the answer to the problem no one ever had: I mean how difficult is it to step into the pedal and push the spring? I've never had an issue with this and I was slightly unsure if this would feel loose and unnatural on the Time's. Well, I'm happy to report that there is no difference that I can notice. It feels just like any other pedal and I can feel a slight tension when pushing the clip but for the most part, I just step in and click, I'm attached. Although maybe with a blade type spring, there is a different feel; I'm comparing to traditional springs but I think maybe the blade may feel different if it required me to flex the blade when clicking in.

ok, so it's good to know that I'm not crazy and/or completely uncoordinated. I'll give these a little more time or Time.. Then maybe I'll Look for something else. Geez, those French really love their puns, don't they?

Thanks to all.