excluding some directories when using rm -rf *

[bill-linux]

I need to frequently sweep out a bunch subdirectories. I usually just use rm -rf * (and yes I know how dangerous this can be ....) but now have a two subdirectories I need to leave there while removing the rest. I've been looking, but cannot find out how to add an "exclude" to rm ... much like tar, for example, allows you to exclude directories with --exclude. Any ideas?

[HROAdmin26]

Ways to rm without deleting all files