Affect and Effect

I love reading June Casagrande's newspaper column and  I thought her explanation about affect and effect was terrific.    Effect is almost always a noun and affect is almost always a verb, Casagrande wrote in her article entitled  "A kinda corny trick for remembering affect vs.  effect."    The  expression  "side effect"   is a noun, according to Casagrande and the e in side prompts her to write effect which begins with an e. 
This "corny trick" definitely works for me!